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:
To make an invisible item visible:
Using the File List Window To change the visibility of a file or folder in the file list window:
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.
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