How to display hidden files in Finder?

In Carbon Copy Cloner, I can see that there are hidden files on my internal hard disk. They have names like .apsidal, .Younity, etc. What settings do I use in Finder to display these files? I thought that using the System files are included setting would work, but it doesn't. Thanks

Choose Utilities from the Finder’s Go menu, open the AppleScript Editor, and run the following:
tell application "Finder" to quit
try
if (do shell script "defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles") is not "1" then error
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 0"
on error
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 1"
end try
delay 2
tell application "Finder" to run
If you change your mind later, run the script again.
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