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Function: Toggles the visibility of hidden files in the Finder.
Author: Automator World
Notes: This workflow is taken from this hint at Mac OS X Hints. The only modification I made is having it saved more appropriately as a desktop application (contextual menu items are intended for functions that affect selected items).
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