• Apple OS X

  Search hard drive for hidden files

  Posted by Matt Klundt on November 30, 2005 at 4:22 pm

  I’ve got an iMac G5, Tiger 10.4.3, and I need to find a hidden file.

  Apple’s support says that I can use Sherlock, but in the version of Sherlock on my computer, the Hard Drive is not an option. I would guess this because of the addition of Spotlight. But… I can’t find any options for Spotlight to search through the hidden files.

  The specific hidden file I need is the ftpaccess text file so I can properly set up the permissions of files uploaded through ftp. I can only find help on this subject for Mac OS X Server.

  Thanks

  Matt
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  Matt Klundt replied 20 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Mark Sloan

  December 1, 2005 at 12:50 am

  In 10.3.x you can just use the Find commmand in the finder and under options choose the “invisible files” option.
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  Matt Klundt

  December 1, 2005 at 2:48 pm

  Thanks, it worked although the file I’m looking for did not show up in the results. It must not be included with the OS.

  Matt
  ——————–
  http://www.mcquillendesign.com
  http://www.mattfoxgames.com

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