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    CollinsBrown is offline Senior Member
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    I want to search hidden files and folder in Mac OS x. Due to virus in PC and deletion can repair this so I must check every file and folder. But I am unable to find hidden folder in it. So please provide some information about how to find them and what types are they.

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    Trashes are type of hidden file. On quantity extra than boot volume, .Trashes folder is utilized to hold files & folders that place in trash but not deleted. User has separate trash; subfolders are produced in .Trashes for different users e.g. if user #501 throws anything on quantity "Data" into trash, it stimulated to directory /Volumes/Data/.Trashes/501/.

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    /.hidden contains list of files for Finder to place secretly, by this method file can be made invisible in OS X. This file is semi outdated, means it doesn’t there in original installation of Mac OS X 10.4, but Finder shows it if it exists./.hotfiles.btree Uses to track small files so their place on disk can optimized. /.vol is pseudo directory is utilized to have right of enter files by their ID number.

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