(this is kind of mental note for myself but maybe you can find it useful)
open a terminal and write this:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles true
restart the finder just to be sure (click on the Apple button on top left… choose "Force Quit" then select Finder, click "relaunch"
Johnathan McKnight
God I love you, thanks for that. I use a mac at work and it drove me bonkers that I’d have to use terminal to muss with our .htaccess files.