⇧⌘. shows hidden files in file dialogs. It also works in TotalFinder. Transmit also has an action for toggling hidden files, but it's assigned to ⇧⌘B by default. There's nothing equivalent to that in Finder though. But you could always assign a shortcut to a script like this: set k to "com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles" set r to do shell script "defaults read " & k do shell script "defaults write " & k & " -bool " & (r is 0 as text) tell application "Finder" quit delay 0.2 launch delay 0.2 activate end tell I use [FastScripts](http://www.red-sweater.com/fastscripts/), but you could also create an Automator service and give it a shortcut in the keyboard preferences: ![](https://i.sstatic.net/Mviay.png)