Posts tagged "MacOS"

Reverse engineering the Helix Stadium XL editor protocol

With Christmas approaching and work stopping for the year, naturally with more free time what does a developer with a brand new Helix Stadium XL do when they see the editor communicates over WiFi for editing? You go digging into how it works and here’s what I’ve discovered. I really should be drinking eggnog and doing nothing, but as other devs know it’s hard to stop sometimes, haha. I like to keep busy.

How to Always Show Hidden Files in macOS Finder

One of the most annoying things as a developer setting up a Mac is that files with a dot are hidden by default. Here is how to set them always to be visible: Open Terminal (Command + Shift and type Terminal) Run defaults write http://com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles true You can toggle them in Finder by using Command + Shift + . but having them show by default is a lot nicer.