I thought editing this site’s .htaccess file with my Mac would be no problem; I was so WRONG. Ahh…

The Mac reserves files starting with a dot as system files and therefore hidden. But there is no really good way to view hidden files with a Mac. You can either download new software, make an AppleScript or fool around with the files in Terminal. But no Show/Hide Hidden Files checkbox like Windows.

The solutions I found:

Invisible Files in Mac OS X
AppleScript to Show/Hide Files

I guess I should take this as a learning experience, but I was pretty freaked out for a while, when I kept getting “Internal Server Errors” when loading the site — nightmare! I don’t know why people like me who have such a low tolerance for computer annoyances are even allowed to work with them. :-P

[P.S. Computer, you know I love you.]