Unhide Library in OS X Lion

[AFPoster]

Here are the commands to unhide the Library file that Lion hides by default.

Show User ~/Library in OS X Lion
Launch Terminal from Spotlight or Launchpad -> Utilities, and enter the following command to show or hide the directory:
chflags nohidden ~/Library/

The users Library folder will immediately become visible again. Reverting this back to the standard Lion setting is simple too:

Hide User ~/Library in OS X Lion (default setting)
This returns to the default setting of hiding the user Library directory:
chflags hidden ~/Library

Changes take effect immediately again, and Library becomes invisible to the user.

 

[lotsofstuff]

Thanks! I was about to post a thread asking this question. This works beautifully!!!

 

[Ropie]

Thank you!

 

[Atarikid]

I use iTweax 3 Lion for doing this. Great tool imo

 

[FroMann]

Thanks a bunch! Should help me out clean out my hard drive.

 

[2499723]

Thanks for this! It was something I was only subconsciously aware of - that my User Library was missing. I needed some user fonts out of my MBPs font library so I could transfer them over to my Mini and I was racking my brain trying to figure out where the hell my Library had gone. I was obviously too thick to realise Apple had hidden the folder; I just assumed they'd tweaked the file structure. Stupid me - that would be way too much effort on their part. =)

 

[Leia1912]

Holding down Option and hitting "Go" on the Finder's menubar will show the Library, too.