How to view Library?

xTRIGGER092x · Aug 17, 2011, 08:38 PM

I want to get make Library visible so I can get the default Lion wallpaper as the wallpaper for my iPad and iPhone, but I don't know how. I don't really want to make Library visible permanently (there's no reason for me to), so is there a way to be able to use it temporarily?

hormelmeatcompa · Aug 17, 2011, 08:40 PM

In the terminal, you can type "chflags nohidden ~/Library", do what you need to do and then type "chflags hidden ~/Library" to rehide it.

balamw · Aug 17, 2011, 08:41 PM

You can also just use Go -> Go To Folder -> "~/Library" or "/Library"

No need to unhide at all.

B

gr8tfly · Aug 17, 2011, 08:54 PM

Or hold down the "opt" key while going to the Finder > Go menu. (for ~/Library)

MacManiac76 · Aug 17, 2011, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by balamw

You can also just use Go -> Go To Folder -> "~/Library" or "/Library"

No need to unhide at all.

B

I like to keep it unhidden as I do most of my navigating of the Library folder by using a Stacks folder shortcut on my Dock. There are several options to navigate to it by not unhiding it through a Terminal command. If it was a root level folder I could understand Apple hiding it, but since it's actually in the individual user folder I don't think Apple should be messing with it.

Gambuchi · Oct 14, 2011, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xTRIGGER092x

I want to get make Library visible so I can get the default Lion wallpaper as the wallpaper for my iPad and iPhone, but I don't know how. I don't really want to make Library visible permanently (there's no reason for me to), so is there a way to be able to use it temporarily?

Why not just hold down the 'Option' key when you click on the 'Go' menu item... Library will be there then, click on it and you are

alexreich · Oct 15, 2011, 07:38 PM

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Just do this:

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE (press Enter)

killall Finder (press Enter, this will restart Finder)

Then do what you need to do, then repeat the above but replace TRUE with FALSE.

Aug 17, 2011, 08:38 PM	#1
xTRIGGER092x macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2011	How to view Library? I want to get make Library visible so I can get the default Lion wallpaper as the wallpaper for my iPad and iPhone, but I don't know how. I don't really want to make Library visible permanently (there's no reason for me to), so is there a way to be able to use it temporarily? __________________ Mid-2010 21.5" iMac, 3.06 GHz, 4GB RAM; eMac, 700MHz; iPhone 5 16GB; iPad 3rd-gen 32GB; iPod Video 30GB
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Aug 17, 2011, 08:41 PM	#3
balamw Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New England, USA	You can also just use Go -> Go To Folder -> "~/Library" or "/Library" No need to unhide at all. B __________________ MBA (13" 1.7 GHz 128GB), UMBP (15" SD 2.8 GHz), UMB (13" 2.4 GHz), iMac (17" Yonah), 32GB iPad 3 WiFi+LTE, 64 GB iPad WiFi, 32 GB iPhone 5, Airport Extreme
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Aug 17, 2011, 08:54 PM	#4
gr8tfly macrumors 601 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: ~119W 34N	Or hold down the "opt" key while going to the Finder > Go menu. (for ~/Library) __________________ Macs from 1984 to 15" MBP w/ Retina Display 768GB SSD 16GB RAM, from Newton to iPhone 4 S⃣ , iPods, and tv (3). 64GB Wifi iPad (3)
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Oct 15, 2011, 07:38 PM	#7
alexreich macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2011	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A334 Safari/7534.48.3) Just do this: defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE (press Enter) killall Finder (press Enter, this will restart Finder) Then do what you need to do, then repeat the above but replace TRUE with FALSE. __________________ Core i5 2500k@4.4GHz/12GB RAM/160GB+1.5TB HDDs/HD 7770 1GB GFX x2/Windows 8
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Aug 17, 2011, 08:40 PM	#2
hormelmeatcompa macrumors member Join Date: Aug 2009	In the terminal, you can type "chflags nohidden ~/Library", do what you need to do and then type "chflags hidden ~/Library" to rehide it.
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