Comments on: Weird MacOS X Leopard behaviour: Finder hides files

By: Niobos

Niobos — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:27:21 +0000

I looked into this problem again, but in both finder and terminal some files are hidden.
I’ve upgraded Samba from 3.0.22 to 3.0.28a, which made the problem disappear.

By: Niobos

Niobos — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:23:53 +0000

I only tried it on the SMB share, but since Terminal shows all files, I doubt it’s a SMB problem… But I’ll try nevertheless and post the results.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:44:07 +0000

Did you try to reproduce it in a non SMB share directory?

By: Leendert

Leendert — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:30:53 +0000

Than I think it’s a bug and i think it’s better to report it.
I’ve tried it on my MacBook (Leopard,10.5.3,all other patches too) and i don’t have that problem…

By: Niobos

Niobos — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:20:10 +0000

The thing is: the files/folders are NOT hidden, they are just regular files and folders. Even creating a new folder (right-click, new folder) does not “work”: the folder is created (with the name “untitled folder”), but is not visible in Finder.
Also, just creating a folder with the name “aaa” suddenly “unhides” all other files/folders as well.

By: Leendert

Leendert — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:26:36 +0000

hello,
I know the problem: it is because the Finder writes some index files for SpotLight (.dstore for example), these files are hidden because it isn’t that beatifull when that file is shown… That is why Apple descided to hide all hidden files. I hope you understand the theory…
Leendert