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Okay since OS X is Unix and the file system somewhat follows the Unix conventions why can't I create a hidden folder in Finder? (.FolderName)

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Okay since OS X is Unix and the file system somewhat follows the Unix conventions why can't I create a hidden folder in Finder? (.FolderName)

I'm not on my mac right now so I can't test it but it should work..... you can always use the command line mkdir .FolderName

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*erm* i'd like a lazy way please... also how do you show hidden folders in finder or whats the command to open finder from a terminal window?

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Opening a finder window or launching Finder? Finder will always restart when it's terminated. As for opening a window, that's as easy as

open DIRECTORY

So, for instance, "open ~" would open your home directory in Finder.

As for .whatever, Finder will not allow you to create those and there's no way that I know of to change that, but "mkdir .whatever" doesn't seem much harder to me. Hell, you can even make any folder (regardless of having a preceding .) hidden from Finder by doing

chflags hidden DIRECTORY

You can enable Finder to show hidden files by doing

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder

To reverse that

defaults delete com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles
killall Finder

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