mac geekery

As you know, the Finder hides the standard Unix files and folders from you. You can "Go To Folder..." and type in the name of the folder such as /var/log, but that's fiddly and you still don't see the "dot" files, so for any serious session, it's probably easier to drop into Terminal. Except, there's a terminal command that will make all files and folders display in your Finder. defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true et voila