Can't view hidden items except in Terminal

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TinkerTool allows showing hidden files via a GUI.

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Make Finder Window Columns Resize to Fit Filenames

Originally published at: Make Finder Window Columns Resize to Fit Filenames - TidBITS Thanks to John Gruber of Daring Fireball for alerting me to an option in the Finder that I’d never previously encountered: the ability to have column view adjust the width of columns to fit the longest visible filename. I’ve been using it only for a few days, but I’m already a big fan. (Blogosphere assists in uncovering this feature come from Jeff Johnson, Michael Tsai, and DifferentDan.) Enabling Auto-R…

I’ve had TinkerTool on my Macs for years and haven’t ever had any problems with it.