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Re: Toggle invisible files

  • Subject: Re: Toggle invisible files
  • From: DaveC <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2016 11:43:36 -0800
> On 9 Nov. 2016, at 6:17 pm, DaveC <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> This script worked in earlier versions of OSX but now doesn’t in Mavericks.


> Try this:
>
> set dotVisible to do shell script "defaults read com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles"
> if dotVisible as boolean then
> 	do shell script "defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles NO"
> else
> 	do shell script "defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES"
> end if
> tell application "Finder" to quit
> Shane Stanley


Same error as before:

error "2016-11-09 10:45:33.754 defaults[648:d07]
The domain/default pair of (com.apple.Finder, AppleShowAllFiles) does not exist" number 1

Dave
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