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How to show hidden files in Mac with simple short trick

Hi, I hope many times you have come across a situation when you want to show hidden files in your mac like as a iOS Developer sometimes i want to view what files are being created in my git repository.

Modern versions of Mac OS offers super easy way to show hidden files in your mac within seconds.  Let me tell you that hidden files are either system level items, configuration data or some other files which is usually kept hidden from average end user. But since some developers working on Mac might want to fix something or want to view some important data inside any folder so i think it is very essential for advanced Mac user to know how to show hidden files.

So lets learn this awesome short trick to show hidden files which saves your time in future.

show hidden files in mac finder, quickly view hidden files without commands
Mac Finder


Lets open finder and navigate to library folder by typing ~/Library/ in Go to folder.

mac library
Mac Library Folder






Here you can see many files like below but there are some hidden files which you can't see right now.

hidden files
Hidden files not visible in Library


So just press Command + Shift + . to see the magic as below:

Unhidden files
Showing hidden files in Library


 As you can see from above screenshot now, hidden files of your MAC are now visible to you.
 To hide them again you just need to press again Command + Shift + .

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