How To Unhide Hidden Folders Info

This works in most folder windows in Finder.

This was the story of how Alex learned to command his operating system to reveal its secrets. It's a story you, too, can follow. how to unhide hidden folders

Alex suspected the culprit: a long-abandoned virtual machine image he’d created for a college project. He remembered deleting it, but what if he’d only deleted the shortcut? What if the 40GB virtual hard disk was still there, hiding in plain sight? This works in most folder windows in Finder

Use this if you just want to see what is hidden, but want them to disappear again later. plugged in via USB-C

Later, Alex checked his MacBook Pro. The same external drive, plugged in via USB-C, showed the same discrepancy. But macOS plays by different rules.