How can I access ~/library on my time machine backup?

Hello,

No idea if someone already wrote that because I haven't read the whole thread, but this worked for me and seems to be the easiest way to access User's Library content within Time Machine:

On the desktop, open a window with the User's Library:

Command+Shift+G, then type ~/Library/

orleft click on Go menu + hold down alt key, then choose Library

Once the window is open, click Enter Time Machine in the Time Machine Menu

Cheers,

Richard

Thank you very much for your post; it saved my ***!

If you have backup on a dmg and must import to mail.app

mount disk, in terminal go to disk,

cd /Volumes/HD\ copy/Users/me/

show all folders:

ls -Ol

drwx------@ 71 me staff hidden 2414 5 Jan 2014 Library

drwx------+ 8 me staff - 272 25 Nov 2013 Movies

its hidden, unhide:

sudo chflags nohidden Library/

ls -Ol

drwx------+ 71 me staff - 2414 5 Jan 2014 Library

---

To hide again:

sudo chflags hidden Library/

ls -Ol

drwx------@ 71 me staff hidden 2414 5 Jan 2014 Library

This worked for me:

Navigate to your user folder in Finder

Press Cmd+shift+G

Type Library/

Done!

Instead of typing "~/Library/" just type "Library/" after you open the parent folder and type Cmd-Shift-G.

Thank you Alberto, I was looking to find the hidden folder on a Mountain Lion TM backup and this works. Thanks.

Just to say this got me out of a big hole!!!!!

Thanks

Thanks for the advice! Just recovered a drum kit preset I spent hours on and thought might be lost. FYI this is still working on 10.9.5, opening the library on a TM disk from 10.8.4. Cheers!

This also worked perfectly. Much easier than Terminal.

Thank you so much man - you saved my work-time records = a lot of money 🙂

Sleeva wrote:

This worked for me:

Navigate to your user folder in Finder

Press Cmd+shift+G

Type Library/

Done!

This is the best solution.

"Library/" not "~/Library/"

Thanks!

Alberto Ravasio, you have saved this troubled banana. Thank you so much 11/10

This is the only solution that worked for me, Aug 2015, 11"Air, latest OS

Many thanks

Linda, Genius, pure unadulterated Genius. Thanks for the tip as I needed the answer too.

Fastest way to accomplish this task! Perfect! Thanks Don!