Squeezebox DB files not visible in OSX

[metalbob]

Why am I not able to see the Squeezebox DB files on either my storage drive or on a thumbdrive (I tested my system with a small number of files) in OSX? All the other files are intact on these drives and visible in OSX. The Squeezebox files appear fine in Windows. The drive is FAT32 formatted.

[Mnyb]

They are probably invisible, I don't know the setting i Mac OS to show invisible files.

But Mac OS is very unix/linux like these days so they probably.

adopted the practice of a preceding dot before invisible e directories and files like .something

They should be perfectly visible in the terminal i think

[Tony T]

They are probably invisible, I don't know the setting i Mac OS to show invisible files.

But Mac OS is very unix/linux like these days so they probably.

adopted the practice of a preceding dot before invisible e directories and files like .something

They should be perfectly visible in the terminal i think

Yes, OS X will not display a file with a preceding dot in finder.
You can use Terminal and ls, or run the following Terminal Command to view in Finder

show all files in Finder:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 1;killall Finder

don't show all files in Finder:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 0;killall Finder

And here's an Applescript to simplify the task:

set answer to the button returned of (display dialog ("Finder Hidden Files:") buttons {"Show", "Hide", "Cancel"} with icon caution default button 3 with title "Finder Hidden Files")
if answer is "Show" then
	tell application "Finder" to quit
	do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 1"
	delay 2
	tell application "Finder" to run
else
	tell application "Finder" to quit
	do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 0"
	delay 2
	tell application "Finder" to run
end if