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Unhide Me
Hidden files, one click away.
Unhide Me puts Finder’s hidden files behind one click in the menu bar. Dotfiles and other hidden items appear or disappear across Finder, and a right-click Service hides or unhides single files and folders.
A menu bar app · Apple silicon · Makes no network calls
What it does
What Unhide Me does
A small menu bar helper for one job: showing and hiding the files Finder keeps out of sight.
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One click in the menu bar
The Show hidden files toggle flips Finder’s setting, so dotfiles and other hidden items appear or disappear everywhere in Finder. The menu’s first line shows whether they’re shown or hidden.
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Instant, no flicker
With Accessibility permission, Unhide Me sends Finder its own Command-Shift-Period shortcut and Finder redraws in place. Without it, Unhide Me restarts Finder, and the desktop flickers briefly.
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The icon shows the state
The menu bar icon is an open eye while hidden files are shown and a crossed-out eye while they’re hidden.
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Stays in sync
If Terminal or another tool changes the setting, the icon catches up within about 2 seconds. Command-Shift-Period pressed in Finder itself isn’t detected, because Finder doesn’t save that change.
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Hide a single file
Select files or folders in Finder and choose Services › Toggle Hidden Flag. It sets each item’s own hidden flag, so nothing is renamed to a dotfile.
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Launch at login
An optional menu toggle opens Unhide Me when you log in. There’s no Dock icon and no window, only the eye in the menu bar.
Planned A global keyboard shortcut to toggle hidden files from any app
Permissions
What it asks for
- Accessibility (optional). Needed only for the instant, flicker-free toggle. Choose Enable Instant Toggle… in the menu and macOS asks for it. Without it, toggling restarts Finder instead.
- The Toggle Hidden Flag Service. macOS often leaves a new Service switched off. Turn it on once in System Settings › Keyboard › Keyboard Shortcuts › Services, under Files and Folders.
- Files in Desktop, Documents or Downloads. macOS may ask once before Unhide Me can change the hidden flag of items in those folders.
- Launch at login. Registers Unhide Me as a login item, only if you turn it on.
Replaces invisibliX
Coming from invisibliX?
invisibliX was a 2013 utility for Intel Macs and is no longer developed. Unhide Me is our modern replacement for it, built natively for Apple silicon, with the toggle in the menu bar and a Finder Service for hiding single files.
Getting started
- Open Unhide Me and look for the eye in the menu bar.
- Choose Show hidden files to show or hide them across Finder.
- Choose Enable Instant Toggle… if you’d like toggles without the Finder restart.
invisibliX is a trademark of its respective owner. Unhide Me is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by its owner.
Details
- Version
- 1.1
- Status
- Beta
- Requires
- macOS 14 or later
- Processor
- Apple silicon
- Lives in
- The menu bar (no Dock icon, no window)
- Data collected
- None
- Price
- Announced at launch
- Developer
- Xenoplexus Studios
Unhide Me is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Apple Inc. Finder, Mac and macOS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
invisibliX is a trademark of its respective owner. Unhide Me is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by its owner.
Join the Unhide Me beta
Unhide Me is in beta. Leave your email and we’ll send you a download link as soon as there’s a beta build for you to try.
Beta builds need a Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
