I'd like to see the dot hidden files in the Finder but not on the Desktop, is that possible?
(.localized and .DS_Store on my desktop really annoy me.)
I'm using Snow Leopard (Mac OS X v10.6).
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Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but useful to know: in Save/Open dialog boxes in applications, you can press Command-Shift-. to show/hide hidden files. | |||
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As far as I know, no: the desktop is Finder. But there is a reasonable workaround: you make a tiny AppleScript app that toggles AppleShowAllFiles for you and drag it to your Finder toolbar, making a button to run it. See this article at Macworld. | ||||
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I use sterMachine and find it very useful. show hidden files is just one of the things that it does, and it doesn't show them on the desktop. | |||
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If you like a clean desktop, you there is an option in Hyperspaces that hides all files on the desktop, yet you can still see them in Open File dialogs and regular Finder windows. | |||
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You could just move them into a corner, under the dock, so that they exist on the desktop but you only see a few pixels of one of their corners. | |||
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