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May 16, 2014 6:06 PM in response to Barney-15Eby Kappy,Give this a try to see if it makes the folder visible. It should:
Invisible Users Folder
If you have updated to 10.9.3 you may have discovered that your /Users folder has disappeared from view. It’s unclear if this was intended as a safety precaution to prevent a thief from accessing your account or simply a bug introduced with this version. In any event it seems the solution is easy:
1. Open iCloud preferences, scroll down to the Find My Mac entry and uncheck the box.
2. Open Terminal in the Utilities folder. Paste the following command line into the
Terminal window.
sudo chflags nohidden /Users
Press RETURN. You will be prompted to enter your admin password. It will not be
echoed to the screen.
In some cases you may need to restart the computer.
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by Allan Eckert,May 16, 2014 6:10 PM in response to Christian A. Burkert
Allan Eckert
May 16, 2014 6:10 PM
in response to Christian A. Burkert
Level 9 (53,576 points)
DesktopsDid not work for me
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May 16, 2014 6:13 PM in response to Kappyby MajorIP4,Kappy wrote:
Give this a try to see if it makes the folder visible. It should:
Invisible Users Folder
If you have updated to 10.9.3 you may have discovered that your /Users folder has disappeared from view. It’s unclear if this was intended as a safety precaution to prevent a thief from accessing your account or simply a bug introduced with this version. In any event it seems the solution is easy:
1. Open iCloud preferences, scroll down to the Find My Mac entry and uncheck the box.
2. Open Terminal in the Utilities folder. Paste the following command line into the
Terminal window.
sudo chflags nohidden /Users
Press RETURN. You will be prompted to enter your admin password. It will not be
echoed to the screen.
In some cases you may need to restart the computer.
Worked and so does iMovie import now. But a restart kills it again. Definitely a bug Apple needs to address. For those with /Users hidden try iMovie import and see what I am seeing here.
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May 16, 2014 6:36 PM in response to MajorIP4by Barney-15E,From this thread, https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6224031?start=30&tstart=0
the problem is tied to Find My Mac. If you disable it, you can keep the settings which show the Users folder. If you re-enable Find My Mac, the folders disappear instantly.
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May 16, 2014 7:11 PM in response to Barney-15Eby MajorIP4,Barney-15E wrote:
From this thread, https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6224031?start=30&tstart=0
the problem is tied to Find My Mac. If you disable it, you can keep the settings which show the Users folder. If you re-enable Find My Mac, the folders disappear instantly.
Well even with FindMyMac disabled, /Users is not visible for me. Only the chflags works. Here's a screen shot of iMovie import when /Users is hidden. Notice the spinning icons under Favorites. And I don't like creating an alias to point to /Users - Apple shoud fix what's broken.
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May 16, 2014 7:17 PM in response to MajorIP4by Barney-15E,You have to change it after disabling Find My Mac. Then, it will stay visible through a restart. Re-enabling Find My Mac causes the folders to immediately disappear.
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May 16, 2014 7:35 PM in response to Barney-15Eby MajorIP4,Barney-15E wrote:
You have to change it after disabling Find My Mac. Then, it will stay visible through a restart. Re-enabling Find My Mac causes the folders to immediately disappear.
I did but no-go. After a reboot /Users is hidden again and FMM is disabled.
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May 16, 2014 7:37 PM in response to MajorIP4by Barney-15E,MajorIP4 wrote:
Barney-15E wrote:
You have to change it after disabling Find My Mac. Then, it will stay visible through a restart. Re-enabling Find My Mac causes the folders to immediately disappear.
I did but no-go. After a reboot /Users is hidden again and FMM is disabled.
Odd. It worked for me, but I'll keep watching.
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May 16, 2014 7:40 PM in response to Barney-15Eby MajorIP4,Barney-15E wrote:
MajorIP4 wrote:
Barney-15E wrote:
You have to change it after disabling Find My Mac. Then, it will stay visible through a restart. Re-enabling Find My Mac causes the folders to immediately disappear.
I did but no-go. After a reboot /Users is hidden again and FMM is disabled.
Odd. It worked for me, but I'll keep watching.
Yep me too. Odd that after I do a chflags and turn FMM back on, /Users is still visible. I hope Apple reads my feedback report.
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May 16, 2014 8:47 PM in response to goodoldbobby sberman,Apple has now released iTunes 11.2.1. It solves the issue.
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May 16, 2014 8:58 PM in response to sbermanby MajorIP4,sberman wrote:
Apple has now released iTunes 11.2.1. It solves the issue.
Yep it sure does. Yippie!!!
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Jan 25, 2016 7:12 PM in response to goodoldbobby MemeQueen21,Go to your desktop and click on Macintosh HD. Select the folder saying users and then press on your username. That should have all your files such as applications and more.
