Macbook Show/Hide Hidden Files

Open the Terminal application in your Utilities folder.  At the prompt enter or paste the following command line then press RETURN.

$ defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
$ killall Finder

To turn off the display of invisible files and folders enter or paste the following command line and press RETURN.

$ defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
$ killall Finder