joeyslaptop Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 It always bugged me that "Hide" would be a dialog-box button when hidden files were already hidden – and "Show" would still be an option when the hidden files were already visible. I think every show/hide app I looked for online uses that method. Sometimes I don't want a dialog box at all. So, I created the new show/hide apps (ShowHideSwitch and SHSwitch-SL) to give me peace of mind. ShowHideSwitch has a short dialog box with two buttons, and runs the ever-popular terminal command: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles "TRUE" followed by killall Finder. The SL version is included in the same download. when opened, SHSwitch-SL determines whether hidden files are showing or are hidden, and then toggles the visibility without a dialog box – and does it with lightning speed. Visit my downloads page to get a copy for your OS X tools. http://joey.mimweddings.com/Downloads.html Also check out my other app MagicDesktopSwitch. It's more eye-candy fun. Let me know what you think. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/268939-showhideswitch-a-better-showhide-invisibles-app/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Freeman Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Neither of these are working here in 10.6.8. They give this error: The domain/default pair of (com.apple.finder, AppleShowAllFiles) does not exist Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/268939-showhideswitch-a-better-showhide-invisibles-app/#findComment-1753789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyslaptop Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 Neither of these are working here in 10.6.8. They give this error: The domain/default pair of (com.apple.finder, AppleShowAllFiles) does not exist Thanks for checking it. Can anyone else verify this? I'm running 10.6.8 on my Gigabyte machine, and it works there, and on my client's iMac also running 10.6.8. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/268939-showhideswitch-a-better-showhide-invisibles-app/#findComment-1753913 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Freeman Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I tried them on my MacBook and they work fine. But I got that error when trying them on my hackintosh. I'll try again later when I can boot back into it. I don't think I've ever toggled AppleShowAllFiles on that. Could it be that the script expects this key to already exist and it doesn't? Update: Yep, it fails if the AppleShowAllFiles key isn't in com.apple.finder.plist. I deleted it from the plist on my MacBook and re-ran the tool to get the same error. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/268939-showhideswitch-a-better-showhide-invisibles-app/#findComment-1753953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyslaptop Posted September 30, 2011 Author Share Posted September 30, 2011 I tried them on my MacBook and they work fine. But I got that error when trying them on my hackintosh. I'll try again later when I can boot back into it. I don't think I've ever toggled AppleShowAllFiles on that. Could it be that the script expects this key to already exist and it doesn't? Update: Yep, it fails if the AppleShowAllFiles key isn't in com.apple.finder.plist. I deleted it from the plist on my MacBook and re-ran the tool to get the same error. Why would that not be on your hackintosh (out of curiosity)? was it the method of install or a conflict? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/268939-showhideswitch-a-better-showhide-invisibles-app/#findComment-1754563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Freeman Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 I can't say for sure. I'm guessing it's not in the plist by default. It's in the one on my MacBook because I've used similar tools to toggle hidden files in the past. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/268939-showhideswitch-a-better-showhide-invisibles-app/#findComment-1754577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyslaptop Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 I can't say for sure. I'm guessing it's not in the plist by default. It's in the one on my MacBook because I've used similar tools to toggle hidden files in the past. That's odd. On mine, it worked right off, and it works on my iMac. Using the sae terminal command, it worked on my vanilla install of 10.5 on my ASUS MoBo. Maybe, I should have it write it to the plist if it doesn't exist there? But then again, if it's not there, maybe there was a reason for it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/268939-showhideswitch-a-better-showhide-invisibles-app/#findComment-1756226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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