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  1. In Terminal, paste the following: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
  2. Press return
  3. Hold the ‘Option/alt’ key, then right click on the Finder icon in the dock and click Relaunch.\

Show/Hide Hidden Files using Terminal Aliases

  1. In Terminal, paste the following: sudo nano ~/.bash_profile or sudo nano ~/.zshrc
  2. Enter your Mac’s administration password if required, then hit return At the bottom of the open .bash_profile file, paste the following:
alias showFiles='defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES; killall Finder /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app'
  1. Below that, paste the following:
alias hideFiles='defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO; killall Finder /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app'
  1. Press ctrl + O and hit return to save the file
  2. Press ctrl + X to exit the file and return to the command line
  3. In Terminal, paste the following: source ~/.bash_profile or source ~/.zshrc to refresh your profile and make the aliases available
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