[webraider]

It's very easy to see invisible files on a PC... is there a utility (free, or cheap) that will allow mac users to see invisible files from the finder and thus copy them. Yeah.. I'm trying to access my ipod but only for Back up purposes.. not copying music illegally. This is easy to do in windows as you just click on the "Show hidden Folders, or Files" link in any window you are in. Is there such a utility that makes it this easy to do on Mac and that's just as easy to turn off?

How about terminal? Is this easy to do in Terminal?

[Krusty]

There are numerous utilities that do this and a couple of other pieces of software (for example, RBrowser lite which is a free FTP client that will let you browse your own local machine).

To do it through the terminal, just type

Code:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

and then type

Code:
killall Finder

Obviously, replace TRUE with FALSE to hide them again. killall Finder restarts the Finder so the changes take effect.

[amazing]

Onyx and Tinkertool will both show invisible files, along with lots of other very handy stuff. One of my favorites is putting both scroll arrows at both top and bottom of windows.