Unhide Library Folder in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

Jul 22, 2011 @ 10:27 am.

In Mac OS X Lion (10.7), Apple has made the user Library folder hidden. Preferences, presets, and other user customisation settings are stored within this Library folder.

There are two ways to access this folder:

Temporary

To keep the folder hidden and to access it sporadically:

  1. In Finder, choose Go > Go To Folder
  2. In the Go To Folder dialog, enter ~/Library
  3. Click Go

Permanent

To unhide the folder permanently:

  1. Open a Terminal session
  2. Enter the following command (replace <username> with your actual username
    3. chflags nohidden /Users/<username>/Library
  3. Quit Terminal

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2 comments

  1. Comment by shayne
    on August 17, 2011 at 12:48 pm

    you would be better off doing

    chflags nohidden ~/Library

    would make it easier just like it was stated in the first solution.

  2. Comment by Matt Ortiz
    on October 13, 2011 at 3:50 pm

    Thanks Grappi!