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As mentioned in the title, Mac OS X doesn’t allow me to name files starting with a dot ( . ).
You can’t use a name that begins with a dot “.”, because these names are reserved for the system. Please choose another name.
But, I need an .htaccess file. Or, better, how do I use an htaccess file in Mac OS X without giving it a name starting with a dot?
I am running Mac OS 10.5.8 and XAMPP 1.7.3.
As of 2023, the content of this answer is obsolete, as it was originally written in 2011. Please refer to the up-to-date answer below.
You can’t do this with the Finder. Open Terminal.app (
Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal), and type:Example (do not take directory names or initial filename literally, of course):