The applet does for some reason not work with the first version on MAC OS and up, but i won't make a new version beause Apple hase added a shortcut for toggling hidden files.

Use CMD + SHIFT + . instead!

fileshow

A menubar-applet for quick hide/show of hidden files in OS X

Requirements

• Tested with OS X El Capitan

Installation

Download the latest dmg-file in the release-folder. Double-click it and drag fileShow.app into your applications-folder. As soon as you start the program you should see a little eye in the menubar. Click it to toggle visibility of hidden files.

Info

At the moment there is no way to exit the application other than killing the process, rebooting your computer or stopping it in some other way.

contributions

All code is stored in a file called App-Delegate.swift. Feel free to commit!

~~Todo~~

• ~~Add a menu~~
• ~~Add exit-function~~