My Library folder is missing. What do I do?

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My Library folder is missing. What do I do?

I just noticed that my Library folder is missing from my home folder. I have the one on my hard drive but not in the home folder. I did a search for it and cannot find it. I went into Time Machine and found it way back in November of 2011....it did not show up after that. It was about that time when I installed Lion...maybe in that process I lost it from my home folder.

If I can't find the missing one....and I can't.....should I restore the old one in Time Machine? I started to do that but then I got the question about do I want to have it REPLACE the old one (I don't know where the old one is to replace), do I want to save BOTH files, or do I just want to leave the old one. I would leave the old one if I knew where it was but I don't. What should I do.....should I check 'replace the old one?" Then the library folder will be one from 2011. Does that matter? I don't want to do the wrong thing. Please advise.

Thank you so much.

Posted on Apr 23, 2012 2:49 PM

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Linc Davis

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Apr 23, 2012 2:55 PM in response to Janice Fisher

On the rare occasions when you may need to open the home Library folder, hold down the option key and select Go ▹ Library from the Finder menu bar. You can also add it to the sidebar of your Finder windows.

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Janice Fisher Author

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Apr 23, 2012 3:05 PM in response to baltwo

You mean NO one has a library folder who has Lion? This is normal? Whew....That's a relief. What I wanted it for was to dump some preference files that need dumping. How do I do that if I can't get my library folder? Or, should I access it as you suggest and then dump them?

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Janice Fisher Author

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Apr 23, 2012 3:17 PM in response to Janice Fisher

Thanks to all of you! I was sure something horrible had happened to the library folder.....what a relief to know it is supposed to be 'missing.' And a relief to know I can get it back....and have done so.

I don't know what any of us would do without this discussion board. You people have saved my life more than you will ever know. Thanks again.

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