Hide a File in Mac OS X Quickly

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Using the chflags command within Terminal, you can instantly hide a file from being visible in Mac OS X.

https://osxdaily.com/2012/07/19/hide-file-mac-os-x-chflags/

chflags is also commonly used to make the user Library folder visible in OS X Lion and Mountain Lion, and can be used to hide or show folders. You can read more about those here:

http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/06/hide-folders-mac/

http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/22/access-user-library-folder-in-os-x-lion/



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