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Created March 26, 2014 13:36
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Show / Hide the Spotlight Menu Icon in Mac OS X
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#HIDE
sudo chmod 600 /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Search
killall SystemUIServer
#SHOW
sudo chmod 755 /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Search
killall SystemUIServer
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This is better:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean true

killall Finder

The reverse is

defaults delete com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles

killall Finder

I think This will work or we should go for show hidden files mac.

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