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This is awesome.

I’ve been using `defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES; killall dock` for at least 15 years. A quick DDG search, indicated this shortcut arrived in High Sierra. Has it been around longer?

No, this new added recent years. Before that I have to use software like xtrafinder (Cmd+Shift+/)

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https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/show-hidden-f... added since sierra

It has been around for as long as I can remember, and I have been using Mac since 10.3.

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Edit: Thinking about it a bit more, it might not be that long since I wasn’t into programming back then and hidden files meant little to me. The first time I used it was probably around Leopard.

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Edit 2: It seems like the feature debuted in Lion (10.7). This would make sense since Finder was overhauled in that version to add several features.

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