![]() ![]() mp3 file on the flash drive & iTunes played it. _ files yet I can still play them on my mini. The hidden mp3 files will display as ".01_Track Name.mp3", ".02_Track Name.mp3", etc. OnyX will also toggle hidden items on and off.ĪHA!! That's exactly what I've seen when I display the hidden files in Windows XP!! Yup, there's lots of free utilities to do the same thing. TinkerTool and Secrets are two more free utilities that offer easy ways to toggle hidden file viewing. Unless the Flash drive is formatted for Windows (exFAT, FAT16 or FAT32) and OS X doesn't treat it the same way. You should see all hidden files and folders on all drives. I did see ".DS_Store" on the Desktop, but I didn't see any of the hidden mp3 files on the flash drive. The Finder automatically relaunches itself whether you kill it in Terminal, or relaunch it from the Dock (which is really the same as kill then relaunch). I suppose that it doesn't make any difference whether I relaunch or kill the finder, does it? If I kill the Finder, I reopen it to view the hidden files, right?Īlso correct. I've also been told to hold down the "option" key & right-click on the Finder icon & click "relaunch". True, Yes, and 1 all do the same thing.įor the opposite, False, No and 0 are the same. I suppose that it doesn't make any difference whether I enter TRUE or YES, does it? And likewise, FALSE or NO?Ĭorrect. Everything seemed to have a cost on the various apps. I wouldn't spend money for that functionality, either. Perhaps I should have noted that DesktopUtility is free. I sure would rather use my Mac for everything instead of going back & forth from Mac to PC. If there's no solution, then I will have to use Windows XP to show all of the hidden mp3 files so that I can delete them all at once. Or maybe there's software that I can install that will do that. I don't have Vista or 7 or 8.) Or maybe there's a Terminal command that will just rip visible mp3 files in iTunes & not both visible & hidden files. (Windows XP is the only PC OS that I have. Is it possible to change the Finder so that ALL hidden files are displayed just as I can do in Windows XP? I shouldn't have to go to my PC so that I can see the hidden files & delete them & then go back to my Mac. The command "defaults write AppleShowAllFiles YES" apparently doesn't show ALL of the files. I don't understand why I can see the hidden mp3 files in Windows XP, but not in Finder. Each track starts with a different number. The hidden mp3 file starts with ".01_" followed by the file name & ending with the mp3 extension. Yet the hidden mp3 files are shown in Windows XP. When I use the Terminal to show the hidden files, hidden folders are shown, but none of the hidden mp3 files are shown. Today, I tried to search for hidden mp3 files on the flash drive using Finder. After I did that, the TV displayed the visible mp3 files & played them. I had to use Windows XP to show the hidden mp3 files on the flash drive so that I could delete them. Yet if I scroll to the right, the TV shows the visible mp3 files. ![]() When I try to play one of the hidden mp3 files, the TV tells me that the file isn't supported. It shows the hidden files on the flash drive as well as the visible files. I've been ripping my music CDs into mp3 files using iTunes. ![]()
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