Q: Can't unhide the user library, tried everything I know
Suddenly I'm unable to see my user library which I usually have present and access regularly. I have highlighted the user in the sidebar and checked the box in view options but it doesn't show. The only way I can see it is Go menu>option which gives me a grey version that disappears once I change folder. I tried deleting user Finder prefs but no joy there either. Can anyone help? Thanks
Mac mini (Late 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), actually 10.9.5
Posted on Aug 31, 2015 11:18 PM
drwxrwxrwx@ 58 root admin hidden 1972 Jul 7 17:46 /Users/myname/Library
'root' and 'admin' as owner and group means you DO NOT own your own Library (unless of course you happen to be logged in as 'root').
And the permissions on the Folder are not what I would expect.
Assuming you are NOT logged in as root, then I would expect
drwx------@ 58 <myname> staff hidden 1972 Jul 7 17:46 /Users/myname/Library
First try. Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility -> select your volume -> Repair Permissions
If that does not clean up your ~/Library ownership and permissions, then...
sudo chown $USER:staff ~/Library
Password: <enter your password and then [return], you will see nothing you are typing until [return] is entered>
chmod 700 ~/Library
/bin/ls -dleO@ ~/Library
Posted on Sep 1, 2015 7:33 AM