I use a little shell script saved as an app created with automator for toggling hidden files: showfiles=`defaults read com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles` if [

I use a little shell script saved as an app created with automator for toggling hidden files: showfiles=`defaults read com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles` if [ "$showfiles" = "TRUE" ]; then defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE else defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE fi In combination with the spotlight search it's really fast ;) Edit: Formatting isn't that nice in the comments, here's a little gist which is pretty much the same. https://gist.github.com/rprieto/7349079 https://gist.github.com/rprieto/7349079