Changing an Item's Visibility

    File Buddy provides two mechanisms for making an invisible item visible or a visible item invisible.

Using the Info Window

    To make a visible item invisible:
    1 Open the item in the info window.
    2 Click the Invisible checkbox in the Finder Flags section at the right of the window to set it.
    3 Click Save.

    To make an invisible item visible:
    1 Open the item in the info window.
    2 Click the Invisible checkbox in the Flags panel at the right of the window to clear it.
    3 Click Save.

Using the File List Window

    To change the visibility of a file or folder in the file list window:
    1 Control-click the item's icon in the list to open a contextual menu.
    2 Select Make Visible/Invisible from the menu.

    Note: In Mac OS X, items whose names start with "." are invisible. There is no way to make these items visible without renaming them. However, these are typically system files and renaming them could have unforeseen and very undesirable consequences. Depending on what you wish to do with such files, making a copy of the file in another location and renaming the copy is advisable.

    Note: You cannot change the visibility of any item residing on a locked volume such as a CD. You can, however, use File Buddy to copy such files to an volume which is not locked and make the copy visible.

      Opening files and folders in the info window
    Restoring a volume's visibility
    Finding invisible items
    Contextual menu commands in the file list Icon column

 


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