hi, Steve
i also have not heard of this kind of behaviour.
what kind of application is it, and what are the beginnings and the extensions of the file names?
I would try two things:
a) highlight the file, then 'cmd-I' and check 'sharing and Permissions'. this won't work on the files which hides, but you can try to do that on a non-hidden file of that application. See what it says.
b) this solution might have more success: a possibility is that for some or another reason the filename begins with a dot ('.'). to find out, open 'Terminal' (under Utilities), and go to the directory where the files are (eg. by saying 'cd Desktop/Applicationfolder' if the files are in the folder 'Applicationfolder' on the Desktop).
then type 'ls -lta' (without quotationmarks). you will get a list of all the files in this folder. Locate the file which hides. At the beginning of the line there will be something like 'drwxr-xr-x'. Please, Report back with the info on the filenames which hide themselves.
Hope this gets you any further. report back, please, - thanks
Thomas
i also have not heard of this kind of behaviour.
what kind of application is it, and what are the beginnings and the extensions of the file names?
I would try two things:
a) highlight the file, then 'cmd-I' and check 'sharing and Permissions'. this won't work on the files which hides, but you can try to do that on a non-hidden file of that application. See what it says.
b) this solution might have more success: a possibility is that for some or another reason the filename begins with a dot ('.'). to find out, open 'Terminal' (under Utilities), and go to the directory where the files are (eg. by saying 'cd Desktop/Applicationfolder' if the files are in the folder 'Applicationfolder' on the Desktop).
then type 'ls -lta' (without quotationmarks). you will get a list of all the files in this folder. Locate the file which hides. At the beginning of the line there will be something like 'drwxr-xr-x'. Please, Report back with the info on the filenames which hide themselves.
Hope this gets you any further. report back, please, - thanks
Thomas
Hide Files Mac App Shortcut
Oct 19, 2009 12:07 AM
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