Hidden files

**Drew1369** · 03-02-2007, 11:36 AM

and how to access them?

Specifically on the location of drivers!

sinclair_tm · 03-03-2007, 07:32 AM

i'm not quite sure what it is you want. could you give a little more detail please?

Pro Grape · 03-05-2007, 06:51 PM

I don't know where the drivers are, but typing

Code:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

then hitting enter, then typing

Code:

killall Finder

and hitting enter again in Terminal will show all of your hidden files and help you on your search.

To re-hide your hidden files when you are done, do the same thing replacing TRUE with FALSE.

**Drew1369** · 03-06-2007, 09:45 AM

Thanks grape

Yeah I am tryng to find the drivers folder which is hidden from what I was told...

why can't it be easy like windows??!??!!!!?!??!

sinclair_tm · 03-06-2007, 11:56 AM

why do you need the drivers folder?

**Drew1369** · 03-06-2007, 02:53 PM

I need to get some driver information off of one so I can install them on another to get a printer working... there was a disk, but alas it has been lost... or eaten, who knows with Mac's these days.

They make it look so easy in the commercial.

Pro Grape · 03-06-2007, 07:42 PM

Why not just download the driver from the site of the printer manufacturer?

sinclair_tm · 03-06-2007, 09:47 PM

yes, all printer makers have the latest drivers for free downloads on their sites. and a printer driver isn't something that you can just find and copy from one computer to another, there are too many parts all over, like the spooler and other printer software that causes the driver to run. besides, have you tried setting up the printer with just the os yet? it does include a basic driver that will print to most printers out there.

Pro Grape · 03-07-2007, 12:25 AM

although it is well worth it finding the specific driver needed as I have found with the generic stock drivers that some functions are not there like double-sided printing, which you'd think woud be easy

**Drew1369** · 03-08-2007, 01:20 PM

I have tried getting it from their site... when I called kyocera tech support they said they have removed it for some unkown reason and no one will send me a copy or install file...

god I hate macs... nothing against the mac user... its just there is nothing supporting it very much in this world... hell apple tech support wont even help me cause the computers are over 90 days

sinclair_tm · 03-08-2007, 04:46 PM

they couldn't help you anyway, as its not their printer. i've never had a problem like this with macs. guess i don't use less know name brands either. its always best to stick with the big three printer makers (epson, hp, canon) if you have a mac.

Pro Grape · 03-08-2007, 05:18 PM

but now we see why he needs to find the drivers. anyone know where mac os keeps them?

03-02-2007, 11:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
Drew1369 Moderator Relaxation Room Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 3,424 OS: Win7 Ultimate	Hidden files and how to access them? Specifically on the location of drivers! __________________ We humans have a primal urge to kill because, thanks to natural selection, all the homo sapiens who didn't have a primal urge to kill, were themselves killed. http://obamaclock.org/

03-05-2007, 06:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
Pro Grape ym de shiznat. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 30 OS: Mac OS X.4 & Windows Vista	I don't know where the drivers are, but typing Code: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE then hitting enter, then typing Code: killall Finder and hitting enter again in Terminal will show all of your hidden files and help you on your search. To re-hide your hidden files when you are done, do the same thing replacing TRUE with FALSE.

03-06-2007, 09:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
Drew1369 Moderator Relaxation Room Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 3,424 OS: Win7 Ultimate	Thanks grape Yeah I am tryng to find the drivers folder which is hidden from what I was told... why can't it be easy like windows??!??!!!!?!??! __________________ We humans have a primal urge to kill because, thanks to natural selection, all the homo sapiens who didn't have a primal urge to kill, were themselves killed. http://obamaclock.org/

03-06-2007, 02:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
Drew1369 Moderator Relaxation Room Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 3,424 OS: Win7 Ultimate	I need to get some driver information off of one so I can install them on another to get a printer working... there was a disk, but alas it has been lost... or eaten, who knows with Mac's these days. They make it look so easy in the commercial. __________________ We humans have a primal urge to kill because, thanks to natural selection, all the homo sapiens who didn't have a primal urge to kill, were themselves killed. http://obamaclock.org/

03-08-2007, 01:20 PM	#10 (permalink)
Drew1369 Moderator Relaxation Room Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 3,424 OS: Win7 Ultimate	I have tried getting it from their site... when I called kyocera tech support they said they have removed it for some unkown reason and no one will send me a copy or install file... god I hate macs... nothing against the mac user... its just there is nothing supporting it very much in this world... hell apple tech support wont even help me cause the computers are over 90 days __________________ We humans have a primal urge to kill because, thanks to natural selection, all the homo sapiens who didn't have a primal urge to kill, were themselves killed. http://obamaclock.org/

03-06-2007, 07:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
Pro Grape ym de shiznat. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 30 OS: Mac OS X.4 & Windows Vista	Why not just download the driver from the site of the printer manufacturer?

03-07-2007, 12:25 AM	#9 (permalink)
Pro Grape ym de shiznat. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 30 OS: Mac OS X.4 & Windows Vista	although it is well worth it finding the specific driver needed as I have found with the generic stock drivers that some functions are not there like double-sided printing, which you'd think woud be easy

03-08-2007, 05:18 PM	#12 (permalink)
Pro Grape ym de shiznat. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 30 OS: Mac OS X.4 & Windows Vista	but now we see why he needs to find the drivers. anyone know where mac os keeps them?