Show ALL files starting with a dot in Finder
This answer from 2011 doesn't work for me:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles true
killall Finder
I still can't see .DS_Store
for example, .localized
, ._.
etc
cmd shift . also doesn't work.
I can see other dotfiles after I use cmd shift ., just not ._.*
, .DS_Store
, .localized
so far.
Finder supportsCommand+Shift+. to toggle hidden files. This is the same as using the defaults write
command you list.
As of a recent version of macOS, this does not show .DS_Store
, and there is no way to show .DS_Store
files in Finder. There are likely other files that have the same exceptions applied to them. To view these files, use the terminal:
ls -a
Files that do not appear with ls -a
either don't exist or cannot be viewed regardless of configuration.