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Many files and folders are hidden on a Mac. There's a good reason for this: Hiding files and folders prevents users from accidentally damaging the operating system. Nevertheless, sometimes you may need to access these files and folders. We'll show you various options for viewing hidden files and folders on a Mac. However, use extreme caution: If you change or damage system files, it can have serious consequences for your operating system.

The Mac OS is chock full of hidden areas where data, information, or features have been secreted away from Mac users. One of these clandestine locations is the users library folder, commonly written out as /Library/. What's In Your Library? Although hidden, the users library folder contains quite a lot of useful information. New Hidden Yosemite feature Mirror your Iphone and Ipad on your Mac computer ScreenMac OS X Yosemite (10.10) Tips & Tricks + Hidden Features All work in MAc.

1. Mac Finder: showing hidden files using keyboard shortcuts
2. Showing hidden files on a Mac using Terminal commands

Why are some files and folders hidden?

There are good reasons for hiding files and folders in operating systems. Computer manufacturers and administrators hide files to prevent users from accidentally deleting or damaging system-related files and folders. Other times, your employer may hide files and folders that are essential for the smooth exchange of data with customers and business partners. In most cases, you won't notice these files at all, even though they perform important tasks.

However, if you still want to view and access the hidden folders and files on your Mac, you should be extremely careful to avoid damaging your operating system.

Mac Finder: showing hidden files using keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are probably the easiest way to display hidden files and folders in the Finder on a Mac. You can show hidden files by pressing the Command, Shift, and Period keys at the same time.

Step-by-step guide

Follow these few steps to show or hide files in the Finder:

1. Open Macintosh HD or the folder where you want to display the hidden files in the Finder.
2. Hold down the Command, Shift and Period keys: cmd + shift + [.]
3. The hidden files and folders on your Mac will then appear partially transparent.
4. You can hide the files again using the same keyboard shortcut.

Showing the hidden Library folder in the Finder

The above keyboard shortcut for showing hidden files on a Mac works in any folder in the Finder. One exception is the Library folder, which is usually hidden. It mainly contains system files and automatically saved copies of Microsoft Office documents. Showing the Library folder is especially useful when you're looking for old Word documents and are unable to find them. If your computer crashes before you could save your data, you should look in the Library folder. You can access this folder using the following shortcut:

1. In the Finder, press the Option key (Alt).
2. In the menu bar, click 'Go'.
3. Click 'Library'.

Since the Library automatically saves Microsoft Office documents as hidden files, you may see a large number of unorganized files in this folder.

The Option key is one of the most useful and commonly used keys on a Mac. Find out more about the Option key on a Mac and learn about its functions and commands.

Showing hidden files on a Mac using Terminal commands

Instead of using keyboard shortcuts and the Finder, you can also use Terminal in conjunction with commands on your Mac to show hidden files and folders. Terminal is a built-in command-line interface included in the Mac operating system. You can use commands in Terminal to replace sequences of multiple steps in the Finder and perform an action. To view hidden files and folders using Terminal, proceed as follows:

Step 1: Open Terminal

To launch Terminal on your Mac, use the following keyboard shortcut: Cmd + Space. After pressing the Command key and the space bar, type 'Terminal' in the Spotlight search field. Then double-click the search result.

Alternatively, you can launch Terminal by double-clicking 'Terminal' in the Utilities Window. You can find this option either under 'Go' in the menu bar or under 'Applications', which you can select in the Dock at the bottom of the screen.

Step 2: Entering a command to see hidden files on a Mac

Viewing hidden files and folders on a Mac using Terminalinvolves entering two commands and pressing the Enter key. Type the following into Terminal:

Step 3: View the hidden files on your Mac

Now the hidden files and folders on your Mac are displayed in the Finder. As mentioned above, the files appear transparent. The folders look slightly paler than folders that are not hidden.

Step 4: Hide the files again

You can hide the files again by replacing 'true' with 'false' in the command above. The command then looks like this:

Terminal is a helpful interface for performing basic and advanced support, repair, and maintenance tasks. Another standard tool that you can use to perform these tasks is the Mac Task Manager. It can be especially useful if you're already familiar with the Task Manager in Windows operating systems.

How to hide files on a Mac using Terminal

You can use Terminal not only to show or hide the hidden folders on your Mac. You can also use it to hide specific files from nosy users who may have access to your computer. To do this, proceed as follows:

1. Open Terminal.
2. Type in the following code into Terminal:

1. Drag the files or folders you want to hide into the Terminal window with the mouse. The file location is displayed in the window.
2. Press Enter to hide the files.

You can use the same procedure if you want to show the hidden files and folders on your Mac as usual again. To do this, simply type 'chflags nohidden' instead of 'chflags hidden'.

Viewing hidden files on a Mac using file managers

Third-party file managers like Forklift offer an easy way of working with hidden files and folders on a Mac. They allow you to show hidden files directly in the interface of the app, without having to use keyboard shortcuts or commands that can be somewhat daunting for less tech-savvy users.

There are many different file managers available with a variety of features. Many of these file managers let you easily show hidden files and folders on a Mac without using the Finder. We'll use the example of Forklift to show you how a file manager can help you view hidden files. Open the Forklift app and do the following:

1. Click View.
2. Select 'Show Hidden files'.

There is also a button on the toolbar for showing and hiding files.

Besides Forklift, there are many other useful file managers that can help you with your everyday IT processes. Discover the many features as well as advantages and disadvantages of the most popular alternatives. Find a file manager for Windows, Mac and Linux that meets your day-to-day needs.

Letting your Mac automatically clean up hidden files

Sometimes you may want to view hidden files to solve a software problem, restore deleted files, or simply better understand your operating system. But most of the time, you'll want to view hidden files in order to delete them and free up space on your hard drive. In this case, apps like CleanMyMac X can do a lot of the work for you. Once you've launched the app, follow these simple steps to delete unneeded files:

1. Select 'Smart Scan' in the sidebar at the top left.
2. Click 'Scan'.
3. Select System Junk from the 'Cleanup' options and view the details of the scan.
4. Click 'Clean' to delete the unneeded files.

The advantage of using an app like CleanMyMac X to clean up your Mac is that it systematically deletes unneeded files. The app quickly frees up a lot more disk space than would be possible with manual methods.

No matter which of the above methods you choose to view and delete hidden files and folders on your Mac, you'll learn a lot about how your Mac works in the background.

Do you use Windows? Follow our step-by-step guide to find out how to show hidden files and folders on Windows.

It works in 10.3.9 as well. Seems to put the most recently-used (clicked) window at the front, with title bars in 'cascade' fashion, but not resizing the windows, just moving the title bar to the cascade position. How long has that been there I wonder. If it had been just 10.4 I'd have thought they were targeting the 'switchers' from Windows, but it's not so obvious.

But the option to kill all other tabs is mega!!!

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Other day guy walked into my office.
'What's the exchange rate for the NTD?'
Aha! Dashboard.

Yes. If nobody did, there wouldn't be about a zillion widgets available for it.
I use about 3 or 4 regularly.

While the 'arrange in front' menu option doesn't appear in Omniweb (5.1b), there is an interesting 'option' that appears in the File.. menu - 'Save as PDF'.
Very useful!
(I went and tried holding option down on a load of apps too.. ;-))

I don't know. I've known Windows users who say this has been one of the weaknesses of MacOS. I know there are situations where I wish I could cascade a bunch of Windows. And my experience shows that the current active window is the one that ends up in front. But more testing is required.
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Ernest Hemingway's writing reminds me of the farting of an old horse. - E.B. White

Also, in the 'Window' menu item, 'Minimize' changes to 'Minimize All' which could be useful.

This doesn't work in Transmit 3.2 on my machine. The rest – fine. Just not in Transmit. Nor do any optional menu commands come to think of it.

It's not just the Window menu that has the option key feature.
Try the other menus in Finder and Safari.
You can empty the trash without the dialog.

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This also seems to affect the 'apple'-menu where 'Reboot..' changes to 'Reboot' without the dots, the same goes with 'Shut down..' and 'Log out [username]..'. Also the 'Log out'-option changes it keyboard shortcut when holding down the alt-key. Une image mac os.

for those of you not familiar with the ellipsis, in the menu, they mean that there will be a dialog box if you choose that item.
Therefore the choosing these items with the option key down will activate the command chosen with no user feed back.

The 'Arrange Windows in Front' command has been around in most previous versions of Mac OS X. It is not just limited to Tiger. The dropper (dabushcavicgames) mac os. Likewise the other options people are talking about: Reboot, Logout, etc., have also behaved differently with the option key held down. The general behavior of the option-key revealing hidden items in menus has been around since Mac OS 7 (for those programs that used the popular Mercutio MDEF) and the modification of behaviors with the option key held down has been an integral part of the Mac for as long as I can remember.
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You are right; option key has had the affect of providing an optional action ever since it appeared on the keyboard, but a) I'd never seen window cascade before - may not be new to tiger, but still faily new - and b) lots of people here have now been scurrying around their Mac UIs looking for other uses of it, so that can't be a bad thing.
:-)

But the option to kill all other tabs is mega!!!

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Other day guy walked into my office.
'What's the exchange rate for the NTD?'
Aha! Dashboard.

Yes. If nobody did, there wouldn't be about a zillion widgets available for it.
I use about 3 or 4 regularly.

While the 'arrange in front' menu option doesn't appear in Omniweb (5.1b), there is an interesting 'option' that appears in the File.. menu - 'Save as PDF'.
Very useful!
(I went and tried holding option down on a load of apps too.. ;-))

I don't know. I've known Windows users who say this has been one of the weaknesses of MacOS. I know there are situations where I wish I could cascade a bunch of Windows. And my experience shows that the current active window is the one that ends up in front. But more testing is required.
---
Eric
Ernest Hemingway's writing reminds me of the farting of an old horse. - E.B. White

Also, in the 'Window' menu item, 'Minimize' changes to 'Minimize All' which could be useful.

This doesn't work in Transmit 3.2 on my machine. The rest – fine. Just not in Transmit. Nor do any optional menu commands come to think of it.

It's not just the Window menu that has the option key feature.
Try the other menus in Finder and Safari.
You can empty the trash without the dialog.

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This also seems to affect the 'apple'-menu where 'Reboot..' changes to 'Reboot' without the dots, the same goes with 'Shut down..' and 'Log out [username]..'. Also the 'Log out'-option changes it keyboard shortcut when holding down the alt-key. Une image mac os.

for those of you not familiar with the ellipsis, in the menu, they mean that there will be a dialog box if you choose that item.
Therefore the choosing these items with the option key down will activate the command chosen with no user feed back.

The 'Arrange Windows in Front' command has been around in most previous versions of Mac OS X. It is not just limited to Tiger. The dropper (dabushcavicgames) mac os. Likewise the other options people are talking about: Reboot, Logout, etc., have also behaved differently with the option key held down. The general behavior of the option-key revealing hidden items in menus has been around since Mac OS 7 (for those programs that used the popular Mercutio MDEF) and the modification of behaviors with the option key held down has been an integral part of the Mac for as long as I can remember.
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You are right; option key has had the affect of providing an optional action ever since it appeared on the keyboard, but a) I'd never seen window cascade before - may not be new to tiger, but still faily new - and b) lots of people here have now been scurrying around their Mac UIs looking for other uses of it, so that can't be a bad thing.
:-)

Way to go! This hint is falling very short of its potential. :)
You can press and release the option key while a menu is open to see what changes. It works on right-click (context) menus as well, so you can right-click on a file in Finder, and use the option key to select 'Always Open With..' right from the menu.
In the Finder option-context-menu, you can also open the Inspector Window (which I'd never heard of before). This stays open, and always shows the properties of whatever file is currently selected.

Thanks for bringing up the CM aspect of this opt key behavior! I discovered that when ctrl-clicking a Safari link, and hitting opt, 'Download Linked File' becomes 'Download Linked File as..' allowing me to choose where to save each file. VERY USEFUL!! Now if only I could set this as the Safari's default behavior!

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You can also hold down option while clicking the green resize button and the same cascading will occur :)

This is kind'a VERY OLD NEWS!
I can remember back to QuickTime Player 3 (or Movie Player 3 as I think it was called then), here you had tons of ALTERNATE OPTIONS becomming available in the menus when you held down the ALT/OPTION-key.
So the recent things that are 'brought to live' in Tiger actually has it's methods from almost a decade ago!!!

In addition to omniweb and transmit mentioned above, it doesn't work in firefox, Microsoft Word (so I'm assuming all of Office), subethaedit, pixadex, superduper, notetaker or iterm. It does work for the window menu of newsfire, iBiz and TextMate but not the file menu. The Adobe and Macromedia suites seem to use a different menu layout for their window menus so there isn't a bring all to front to change. *shrug*

It actually orders the windows alphabetically by title

No, this is very helpful! I use two monitors at work. When I come home, some of my windows are off-screen, and I can't get to them. The Gather Windows option in display preferences is disabled in single monitor mode for some annoying reason, so this option just saved me. In windows, you just hit alt-space and 'm' to move your windows manually, but you can't do anything like that on Mac. Thanks for this posting. I wouldn't have found it otherwise.