Show library folder?

[Mal]

Originally Posted by tron2005

I simply wanted the Library folder to be displayed within the Go menu like every other folder does.
When I hold down the Option key inside the Go menu, there it is (Library) until I release the Option key, then poof, it's gone.
It's obviously not a big ask, it works like a gem in Path Finder.
And yes, it does unhide it from my users/myname folder but that's not what
I was after.

Then you're going to be disappointed, because nothing does what you're looking for. The command that was posted was to unhide it, not make it appear in the Go menu. The only way to do that is to hold the option key.

jW

[tron2005]

Originally Posted by Mal

Then you're going to be disappointed, because nothing does what you're looking for. The command that was posted was to unhide it, not make it appear in the Go menu. The only way to do that is to hold the option key.

jW

Yup ok, so nothing from within the standard Finder app,
but for those who want to see their Library folder inside the Go menu permanently then Path Finder is the answer they're looking for.

My apologies to all for not being clear about this (and I wonder how many others expected to see their Library folder in the Go menu after they invoked the Terminal command "chflags nohidden ~/Library/").

[adnbek]

Originally Posted by tron2005

Yeah I guess I do tend to get a tad hot under the collar when things don't
go according to plan. I sometimes feel I should change my surname to
Murphy because if something ain't gonna go right then it ain't gonna go
right for me.



Ok here we go...

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BTW, I really do like Path Finder (almost as good as Windows Explorer)...
Nah just joking, actually it's waaaaay heaps better and well worth the 40 bucks.

You realize that you must replace ~ with your actual home folder's name, right?

In other words, chflags nohidden /Users/tron2005/Library/

or just type chflags nohidden[space] and drag-and-drop the library folder (or any other folder for that matter) into terminal and it will populate the location for you.

[GGJstudios]

Originally Posted by adnbek

You realize that you must replace ~ with your actual home folder's name, right?

In other words, chflags nohidden /Users/tron2005/Library/

No, you don't. You can use ~/Library and it will know it's the Library folder for the user you're currently logged in as.

[tron2005]

Originally Posted by GGJstudios

No, you don't. You can use ~/Library and it will know it's the Library folder for the user you're currently logged in as.

This is true.

[adnbek]

Ah, didn't know that. Oh well you learn something new every day.

Anyway, for the external drive, might be easier to simply drag-and-drop the folder into terminal and it'll populate it exactly with the correct location.

[loicg]

Originally Posted by adamvk

Yes, I've heard all of these steps before.

But I need to see the library folder for the EXTERNAL DRIVE. Not the internal one.

Hi guys (my first message here),

For what it's worth, I spent more than one hour also trying to read on a bootable external drive (I didn't want to boot with it as I changed my computer), and also on time machine drive (external) the content of the user library, with no luck.

I tried everything this post mentioned, also the 19 ways said in the link. I really thought it didn't exist anymore... I hardly managed with the terminal (I'm not clever with that), and found out it was still there.

Downloaded Finder Path (30 free trial so why not), and tatata, I see it and can recover my mobilesync stuff.

I thought I should share it, was already hard to find a thread that was talking about my frustration.

(I love my new imac.)

Thanks guys for this active forum!