Messing around with certain macOS files could brick your Mac computer, so Apple has made them hard to find. But if you're ...

You can show hidden files on your Mac by accessing the three libraries that your computer has. You can also use Finder or the Terminal app to find hidden files on a Mac.

Any files that start with a period on a Mac are considered hidden files in the Mac OS and are not visible from within the Finder. You can see these hidden files from within the Terminal utility by ...

How to Find the Hidden Files on Your Phone or Computer You shouldn't mess with some of them—but there are others you should be aware of.

Spotlight, the automatic file index and search utility on your Mac, automatically indexes files on external drives for searching. When you connect an external hard drive to your computer, files on ...