Showing hidden files in Mac OS X

[busta]

Anybody know how to set it to show hidden files?
I'm new to OS X but so far i'm very impressed. It does seem a bit harder to get into the more technical bits of it than with XP though (fewer options menus / advanced tabs etc).

Cheers guys,
Bernie

[robbieduncan]

There may be a perference in the Finder Perferences. Otherwise TinkerTool (www.bresink.com/osx/0TinkerTool/details.html) can enable it...

[The Dude]

I use this;

http://100degrees.org/software/macosx

[jmorgan]

File, find or apple key + f. First drop down box set to "other". Another drop down appears, set to visibilty. Then second drop box set the visibility.

Second row for more options on that row.

[HiRich]

busta said:

It does seem a bit harder to get into the more technical bits of it than with XP though (fewer options menus / advanced tabs etc).

For general guidance, if you can think of more than two reasons to press three keys at once on a Mac keyboard, you can call yourself an expert. For most people 'tinkering' means getting the destop laid out properly. I'd had my first Mac six years before I realised it had a backslash key!

[busta]

Sorted with tinker tool, thanks guys.

I had been using my iPod as an external hard drive to move files from my pc to mac but rather than deleting files from the iPod OS X was putting them in hidden folders and not freeing up any space. Only niggle ive had with OS X so far, otherwise i'm very impressed.

[olf]

Also worth remembering is if you want to see the contents of an application say, which is otherwise just show as a single file e.g. Safari, you can hit option and mouse click which bring up a menu and then select 'Show Package Contents.