How to Work Conveniently with Hidden Files on macOS

On Windows, I often have to access hidden folders or open hidden files. In a year of working on a Mac, I haven't had to do this even once. However, if you do need to frequently access such folders, I have a useful tool for you.

With the free utility Funter, you can easily open and hide files, as well as search for data in hidden folders. It also has a couple of other handy features.

After installation, you can access Funter from the Menu Bar. The first thing you'll notice is the disk usage statistics display.

Naturally, you might be tempted to immediately click the "Manage my Mac" button to delete all the junk. You can do this, but Funter won't help you here. Instead, you'll be redirected to the developer's website to download another utility.

From this same menu, you can enter a search query for hidden files and folders. The search by default works within the user folder, but you can switch to search the entire disk or specify your own folder.

A separate window with search results will then open. Here, you can perform a new search, change the sorting, and adjust the file display filter.

To be honest, I'm not quite sure how the latter works. These three icons don't have labels, so it's unclear what they show or hide. It seems like it's visible files, hidden files, and something else.

Otherwise, the search window functions similarly to Finder, and you can perform all the same actions within it.

The last useful option is the ability to permanently display or hide files.

However, this setting will only work for Finder. Other file managers will continue to operate in the default mode.

There's nothing particularly interesting in the app's settings—just simple options like auto-launch and other trivial stuff.