I know I’ve written up telling OS X to show you invisible files, but what if you don’t want to make all invisible files show up, just make one file or folder go invisible, or for that matter, visible. Well, it’s easier than you might think. Apple has bundled a nice little command called chflags into the OS. To use it to hide a file, simply type chflags followed by hidden and then the folder. For example, let’s say you wanted to hide your ~/Library folder. Just run the following to hide it: chflags hidden ~/Library And then let’s say you wanted to unhide it ’cause you realized that it’s…
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Enabling Spotlight for Xsan
Spotlight has had a pretty checkered past with Xsan. But things are looking a little better and if you want to try enabling it again, once you’ve fully updated to 2.2 you can do so without too much fanfare. Simply locate the config file for the name of the volume you wish to enable spotlight for, which is in /Library/FileSystems/Xsan/config and is named with the name of the volume followed by a .cfg file extension. Once located, open the file in your favorite text editor (ie – pico, vi, etc). Then, locate the entry for EnableSpotlight, which should be set to No. Change the No to a Yes. You can…