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Re: Simple script used to work, not now
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Re: Simple script used to work, not now


  • Subject: Re: Simple script used to work, not now
  • From: Christopher Stone <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:18:43 -0600

On Nov 26, 2012, at 19:22, Dave C <email@hidden> wrote:
I used this script successfully under 10.6.8 for more than a year. Now I bought a new hard drive, installed 10.6.8 onto it, and am in the process of moving over everything to the new drive.

I run this script (it toggles all Finder files between visible and invisible) and this time it freezes up. I open the AS Editor and run it there. It seems to hang up at the end when activating the previously-quit Finder:
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Hey Dave,

My immediate guess is that the setting does not exist on your new system.

 defaults read com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles

What do you get if you run this from the Terminal?

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Best Regards,
Chris

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