One of the many things it can do is reconfigure Finder so it shows all invisible files. Onyx is a free utility that does many kinds of first aid, preventative maintenance and troubleshooting on your Mac.
To hide those files again, enter this command into Terminal:ĭefaults write AppleShowAllFiles FALSE A contextual menu appears, Select the command Relaunch.
You won't see the hidden files until you restart Finder. To do this, hold down the Option key and click and hold on the Finder icon in the Dock. To show hidden files and folders, enter this command into Terminal:ĭefaults write AppleShowAllFiles TRUE If you don't know what Terminal is, skip this section which is for Geeks only. If we give you instructions to remove automatic backup folder, or the serial number file and the appropriate folders don't exist, you need to set your system to show invisible files. But it also prevents you from doing some troubleshooting. To make things simpler (or 'simpler') the Mac OS X hides some files from you. This prevents people from causing system problems by deleting or renaming or moving files. Why are files invisible? Why would I want to see invisible files?