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Always show hidden in Open/Save dialogs
Is it possible to set by default to show hidden files and folders in Open and Save dialogs ?
I know it is possible to trigger to show hidden for dialog lifetime by press Command ⌘+Shift ⇧+..
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Hidden folder in /Users/Shared that has MD5-encrypted name of another user
I was familiarizing myself with some of the hidden files in OS X (while cleaning house) and I came across a hidden folder inside the /Users/Shared directory. It's name is "." followed by a ...
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make a certain file type hidden
I am trying to find a way to make my mac see .dSYM files as hidden. I know I could do:
chflags hidden / -name *.dSYM
but the next time I create a .dSYM file it wont be hidden. There must be a way ...
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Why some folders have the .DS_Store but some doesn't?
Local storage
In some of my folder, I found something quite interesting:
Some folders have the `.DS_Store` but some does not
Network storage
.DS_Store files are not on the network store. Any ...
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Copying hidden files and folders to an external hard disk
I use an external hard disk as a backup for my programming projects. Now a lot of files in these projects are hidden files. Like .git or .svn etc. I have been able to view the hidden files but I ...
