Ghost in the Machine

If you’d like to display certain Unix directories within your Mac’s Finder, don’t use

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

which clutters your finder with every hidden file. Just use

SetFile -a v someFileOrDir

which lets you selectively display whatever you want in OS X’s Finder. (Restart Finder for the change to take effect.)

SetFile is in /Developer/Tools