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Sometimes when you’re coding for the web, you need to see the. Most hidden files will begin with a period.

htaccess file, because I work with WordPress frequently. Note how it begins with the period (dot) because htaccess is actually the file extension, not the file name. The most common example that I come across is the. Mac OSX (and other operating systems) hide them by default so there’s less clutter, and so you don’t accidentally delete something important. Have you ever noticed the “extra” files that you can see in your FTP client, yet seem to be missing from the local version of the site on your computer? Chances are, those files are on your local computer too, you just can’t see them. – (jump to app update) Who’s hiding what? Update 2014: there’s a third-party app for this now Update Aug 2019: you can do it with a simple keyboard shortcut As my students frequently ask for it, I’m posting here to keep in a reference. This method has been posted all over the place, but I haven’t found a good step-by-step walkthrough that explains how and why to show hidden files on a Mac.