Need to reveal hidden files and folders while opening or saving a file on the Mac? You can show them immediately with nothing but a quick keystroke.
To instantly show hidden files and directories in the Mac OS X “Open” and “Save” dialog boxes, all you need to do is hit Command+Shift+Period together and those hidden folder sand files will become visible in the active Open and Save windows.
This is really useful for so many reasons, but particularly so if you’re creating or editing configuration files like .htaccess or .bash_profile in a GUI text editor app and want to see what files exist in the directory you are saving to, or just need access to those type of file system items which are hidden by default.