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Old 01-23-2022, 04:58 PM   #59
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Now it says that can't replace .kobo folder because "is invisible", I'm sure I can see it but my brand new OS might be blind (Mac OS)
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OOOrrrrgh!, it's done. My Mac din't allow me to copy the file, though I could see it, it was clearly "invisible" so it couldn't copy it, BUT, if I renamed it to .old, then copied the new kobo folder, copied the contents of .kobo to .kobo.old, deleted .kobo folder, and renamed .kobo.old to .kobo... then it was a little visible.

can't understand how brilliant coders can do so stupid things. And can't imagine the reason.
Mac OSX inherits from it's roots. Unix/Linux/etc. consider files and directories whose name starts with a . as being invisible. There are multiple ways of making them visible. My personal preference was to enter:
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defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles True; killall Finder
at a terminal prompt to render those files and directories visible in Finder. If I remember correctly, you can also use cmd-shft-. to toggle file hiding off/on.
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