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Create a Keyboard Shortcut to Quickly Get to the User Library Folder in OS X Lion


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<p>Using keyboard shortcuts are often the fastest way to navigate around the filesystem in Mac OS X, but OS X 10.7 Lion doesn’t have a keyboard shortcut to access the user library directory by default. Here is how to add your own keystroke combo to immediately open the ~/Library folder:</p>

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<li>Open System Preferences and click on ‘Keyboard’</li>

<li>Click the ‘Keyboard Shortcuts’ tab and then click ‘Application Shortcuts’ from the left</li>

<li>Click the [+] plus icon to add a new keyboard shortcut, select Finder.app as the Application, then type “Library” exactly in the ‘Menu Title’ box</li>

<li>Select the box below to choose a keyboard combination, I chose Command+Option+Control+L but you can pick something else</li>

<li>Click “Add” and then click back to the Mac OS X desktop and hit your keyboard shortcut to confirm that the user Library directory opens</li>

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<p>Although there are a variety of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/22/access-user-library-folder-in-os-x-lion/">ways to access the user library directory in OS X Lion</a>, I find keyboard shortcuts to be the fastest. You can also <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/04/show-library-directory-in-mac-os-x-lion/">show the library folder at all times</a> in the user home folder with the help of a terminal command, which would mimic the default setting in Mac OS X 10.6.</p>

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