Help please user directory cannot be seen

[Rhodesy]

hi all

i have upgraded my hard disk and restored from time machine back up!! the only issue is when i go to my mac hard disk the user directory cannot be seen??

although if i search for it in finder using /User it finds it!!

my question is how can i get the user folder to appear when i go to mac hard driver again?

 

[Hellhammer]

What do you see in Macintosh HD? There should be Users folder

 

[Rhodesy]

i see applications / library / system / user guide information / private


no user???? but all my files and and other account info is there


also whats weird is if i go to finder and search for folder user it finds it

 

[Hellhammer]

Right-click the user folder and select "Show Information" and the see "Location" or whatever it is.

 

[spinnerlys]

When you search for it and find it, what is shown in the Path Bar (Finder > Menu > View > Show/Hide Path Bar)? What happens if you use Command+UpArrow to jump to the parent folder, and do it again until you reach Macintosh HD?

 

[Rhodesy]

when i right click and get info it says / and thats it

cant see no directory

and when i go to finder and click go to folder and type /User it jumps straight into the folder and shows me my home folder!!!

is there another way i could search for the folder to get the info u need?

 

[Hellhammer]

/ means it's located in Macintosh HD, that's where my users folder is located as well.

 

[Rhodesy]

/ means it's located in Macintosh HD, that's where my users folder is located as well.

yeah i know that but when i go to the Macintosh HD its not there to see as usual! i think im gonna have to fresh load!! never seen this before

 

[angelwatt]

You can trying running Repair Permissions from Disk Utility.

Something else to help with troubleshooting. From Terminal, type in,

ls -la /

(those are 2 lowercase L)

This will show if the Users folder's attributes got wonky. Just copy/paste the results in a post.

 

[LPZ]

Try this. Open Terminal (in Utilities) and enter

sudo chflags nohidden /Users

 

[toolbox]

You can try booting of the OS X dvd, run reset password utility. It will also give you the option to reset the permissions / ACLS on a home folder.