How to Show Hidden Files in Finder

[Gbilato]

How to Show Hidden Files in Finder​

To do that, you've got two ways.

1) Terminal:

You simply open the terminal (Application > Utility > Terminal or within Spotlight Search, writing Terminal, after pressing Command + Space) and write

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

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2) Combination of keys:

Open a window in Finder, then press Command + Shift + . (dot).​

It will show up hidden files.​

To hide them again, you'll do the same thing but:
For Terminal it will change from "YES" to "NO" like this:

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

For the Combination of Keys, simply repress them.

Easy, right?

 

[Cyberdevs]

There is also a tool in the downloads section called "Show Hidden Files" that can help to easily switch the visibility of the hidden files and folders on Mac OS X (El Capitan and older) and macOS (macOS Sierra and above).