Re: [~ot] those pesky invisible folders ...
Re: [~ot] those pesky invisible folders ...
- Subject: Re: [~ot] those pesky invisible folders ...
- From: Gnarlodious <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 11:29:22 -0700
Ahhh... I get it now! Apparently the default plist file has no key for
AppleShowAllFiles. I had originally run TinkerTool, which must have written
the key as an error condition. It looks like all it needs is:
<key>AppleShowAllFiles</key>
<string>1</string>
If someone would email me their pristine
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist file I'd like to look at it.
-- Gnarlie
Entity Brian Johnson spoke thus:
> Yeah, I noticed that, and have a "check with Nigel" on my to-do list, but
> .... Alas, I'm not even sure it works in 10.2 (that box is in the shop
> right now). But what a lovely idea! The Finder preferences toggle that
> Gnarlie (I think) shared seems to work, though you may have to write the
> relevant flag to the prefs the first time (I did) before you can toggle
> it. (vague? I'm an academic, I do vague for a living... my excuse for not
> including the script is in that first parentheses).
>
> - Brian Johnson
>
> On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Nigel Smith wrote:
>
>> On 27/10/04 7:04, "Brian Johnson" <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>>> ...or you could just edit the /.hidden file so that the originals are
>>>> visible in the Finder.
>>>
>>> Wow. Now, that's straight-forward. Thanks for sharing!
>>
>> Except it's not...
>>
>> As Doug pointed out to me privately (sparing my blushes up till now) this no
>> longer works in 10.3
>>
>> So does anyone know where this list is stored now?
>>
>> Nigel
>>
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