Geek Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img alt="Show User Library in OS X Lion" src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/show-library-mac-os-x-lion.jpg" title="Show User Library in OS X Lion" class="aligncenter" width="600" height="191" /></p> <p>Ahhhh the user Library folder has disappeared again! If you already installed <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/16/mac-os-x-10-7-1-update-released-direct-download-links/">Mac OS X 10.7.1 update</a>, you may have noticed that your user library directory is hidden, again, returning it to the default invisible state that Lion wants. Mildly annoying, but it should be expected that system updates will revert things to how Apple intends. Anyway, here’s a quick refresher on how to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/04/show-library-directory-in-mac-os-x-lion/">show the user library folder</a> again in OS X 10.7.1 (or any other version of OS X)</p> <p>Launch the Terminal and enter the following command: <code>chflags nohidden ~/Library</code></p> <p>Changes take effect immediately and your user library folder will be shown in the user home directory. </p> <p>The temporary <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/22/access-user-library-folder-in-os-x-lion/">quick methods to access user library in OS X Lion</a> still work too if you don’t want ~/Library to be visible all the time. Those include:</p> <ol> <li>Holding down Option and clicking on the “Go” menu to show “Library” as a choice</li> <li>Hitting Command+Shift+G and typing ~/Library/</li> </ol> <p>Realistically, if you don’t have any business mucking about in your Library files, caches, preferences, and app data, you probably don’t need the Library folder visible, which is obviously why Apple is hiding it by default in Lion.</p> <p><em>Thanks to Albert for pointing this out.</em></p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OqqaXCtWTffbGEK6gd8Bqe93L1A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OqqaXCtWTffbGEK6gd8Bqe93L1A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OqqaXCtWTffbGEK6gd8Bqe93L1A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OqqaXCtWTffbGEK6gd8Bqe93L1A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=ThoSM-vffnE:mx_nAYsn53g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=ThoSM-vffnE:mx_nAYsn53g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=ThoSM-vffnE:mx_nAYsn53g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=ThoSM-vffnE:mx_nAYsn53g:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=ThoSM-vffnE:mx_nAYsn53g:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=ThoSM-vffnE:mx_nAYsn53g:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=ThoSM-vffnE:mx_nAYsn53g:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/ThoSM-vffnE" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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