Where's The "Library" Folder?

[Catastrophe.]

I want to go into the core services folder but the Library folder is no longer there 😕

 

[AdeFowler]

You could search MacRumors 😉

 

[cschmelz]

You could search MacRumors 😉

It is invisible so novice users don't muck with it.

 

[seong]

Strange thing. It used to be available under Snow Leopard.
Open terminal, and enter the following command:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

Then, type:
killall Finder

And press Enter.
Now, you should be able to see all the hidden folders.

 

[AnonMac50]

Or you could just press option when clicking Go in Finder.

 

[netnothing]

No need to enable seeing ALL hidden folders.

If you want to unhide the ~/Library folder just:

1) Open Terminal
2) Type: chflags nohidden ~/Library

Your Library folder will now be shown all the time.

-Kevin

 

[mrapplegate]

You could search MacRumors 😉

That would be too easy. How would the person know which of the about 7 results to pick? 😱

 

[seong]

No need to enable seeing ALL hidden folders.

If you want to unhide the ~/Library folder just:

1) Open Terminal
2) Type: chflags nohidden ~/Library

Your Library folder will now be shown all the time.

-Kevin

thanks 🙂 Just applied that.

 

[Typswif2fingers]

in Macintosh HD...

Other folders are you can find there:

Applications
System
User guides...
Users

 

[Cougarcat]

I get that Apple is thinking of novice users here, but I think this decision is too drastic. There are too many reasons normal people need to use it. Steam puts its entire folder here, as does Crossover, and I imagine many other apps as well. A warning dialog (with an option to disable) would've been a better choice.

 

[Catastrophe.]

No need to enable seeing ALL hidden folders.

If you want to unhide the ~/Library folder just:

1) Open Terminal
2) Type: chflags nohidden ~/Library

Your Library folder will now be shown all the time.

-Kevin

Yay 😀 Thank you.