How to hide "invisible" files?

[rickruss]

I just upgraded to Snow Leopard on my Mac Pro and ghosted files like ".DS_Store" and ".Trashes" now appear in all my windows. This is probably a simple prefs fix but I can't find any documentation on it. Any help?

 

[GGJstudios]

To hide hidden files in Finder, enter the following two commands into a Terminal window (press enter after each line):

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
killall Finder​

The Terminal.app is in your Applications folder, in the Utilities sub-folder.

 

[rickruss]

Outstanding...

Works...Thanks!

 

[TheComet]

on the same subject, is it possible to hide ONLY the two filetypes mentioned in the OP while showing all other hidden files?

 

[GGJstudios]

on the same subject, is it possible to hide ONLY the two filetypes mentioned in the OP while showing all other hidden files?

No, hidden files are hidden files. It doesn't hide them based on the file name.