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Working in a Mac environment I often find myself needing access to the system directories that are typically hidden by Finder.  I recently stumbled across the following script that I find quite useful for toggling back / forth between standard and full views.

Open ScriptEditor and save the following script:

try
set dotVisible to do shell script “defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles”

on error errorMessage number errorNumber
set dotVisible to 0
end try

if dotVisible = “0″ then
do shell script “defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 1″
else
do shell script “defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 0″
end if

tell application “Finder” to quit
delay 1

tell application “Finder” to activate
if dotVisible = “0″ then
say “VISIBLE”
else
say “HIDDEN”
end if