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9:48 AM

Any ideas on this one? - the title I think is misleading & led to a false close as dupe - but idk exactly how to achieve what the OP might have in fact wanted, to unhide only etc rather than everything

Q: Show hidden files on Mac OS X Mojave

To see my /etc folder I've tried: sudo chflags nohidden /etc followed by: sudo defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles true ; killall Finder also tried: sudo defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES ; killall Finder Neither of them seemed to work.

JBis

10:25 AM

Kinda concerning this question is so popular.

Q: How to set short user password macOS Mojave

I just installed macOS Mojave and put in my usual short desktop-only password I've been using for years (yes, you read that right). Now though, the operating system rejects setting a password less than 4 characters. It also does not allow having no password at all. I am completely comfortable us...

macos mojave

There's a reason there is a default minimum.

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Monomeeth

1:00 PM

Welcome to 2019, the year of the new Mac Pro! :)

Tetsujin

we hope... ;)

nohillside

1:18 PM

@JBis Well, not everybody shares the same understanding of privacy and access protection...

@Monomeeth Wanna have a star for that? :-)

@Tetsujin Well, what the OP probably originally wanted is to open Finder on / and then see all the system directories automatically (including /bin, /etc and friends), but that's not really obvious from the text. And the UI solution you proposed seem to work for them, according to the comment. So I'm not sure about the need for editing here.

But it's rather a duplicate of

Q: Keyboard shortcut to show/hide hidden files in Finder in macOS Mojave

In macOS Sierra, it used to be Command + Shift + .. But that does not appear to work in macOS Mojave. Has something changed? What is the keyboard shortcut to show/hide hidden files in Finder without restarting in macOS Mojave?