cache folders not visible

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cache folders not visible

Has anyone else noticed that the cache folders are not visible under OS X 10.7? I found a forum where a user had posted a supposed 'fix' by using the Termial App, and the following command:

chflags nohidden ~/Library/

However, this did not seem to work for me.

As an aside, I bought my frist Apple IIe when I was in 7th grade, been a LOYAL Apple user ever since. However, Lion just flat out *****. No pretty way to say it. Hangs, Safari crashes, email crashes, Time Machine hang ups, etc, etc, etc.... If I had a dollar for every minute I have sat and whatched the pinwheel................

Thanks for any help/advice.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Sep 2, 2011 9:43 AM

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Answer 1

léonie

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Sep 2, 2011 9:58 AM in response to LandRoverNC

In the Terminal try

chflags nohidden /System/Library

to show the System Library

or

chflags nohidden /System/Library/Caches

to show only the Caches

You may have to prefix these commands with "sudo" to enter your admin-password

sudo /System/Library

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Answer 2

léonie

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Sep 2, 2011 9:59 AM in response to léonie

sorry for the typo:

I meant:

sudo chflags nohidden /System/Library

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LandRoverNC Author

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Sep 2, 2011 10:06 AM in response to léonie

Thank you. I will give it and try and see if it works!

Billy

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LandRoverNC Author

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Sep 2, 2011 10:12 AM in response to léonie

Again, thanks for the help. However, it did not seem to work. I tried it both with and without the sudo command, but the cache folders are still not visible.

Billy

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léonie

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Sep 2, 2011 10:59 AM in response to LandRoverNC

One more suggestion:

Try to open it from the Terminal:

open /System/Library/Caches

open /Library/Caches

open /Users/yourHome/Library/Caches

Maybe in your Installation the Caches just don't exist and thus are invisible. In that case you should get an error message if you try to open them

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LandRoverNC Author

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Sep 2, 2011 11:32 AM in response to léonie

Yes. That must be the issue. When I tried your suggestion, I received the following message:

The file /Users/yourHome/Library/Caches does not exist.

I first noticed this issue when I was trying to locate the cache folder for Opera (browser). I can see it is saving files to `Library/caches/Opera/temporary files. I just can't locate the Opera cache folder.

Thanks for the suggetion.

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