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User profile for user: iTryFreeApps
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User level: Level 1
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Can't find "Library" Folder in home Folder

I just updated my MacBook to Lion, and I used to have a folder when using Leopard called "Library." I can't find it anymore. The only way to get to it is to open Xcode 4, make a Cocoa application, build it, then right-click the target, then click "Show in finder. This is what the library folder looks like after I do that:

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I can still click the folder and it will show me its contents, but once I leave the home folder, the folder dissappears, and I can't find it:

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I ended up making an alias of the folder when I do have it, but this problem is really weird. What's going on?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), Model of 2008

Posted on May 27, 2012 3:18 PM

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User profile for user: Glenn Leblanc
Glenn Leblanc
User level: Level 6
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Posted on May 27, 2012 3:27 PM

It's hidden in Lion. In the finder, select Go in the menu and hod down the option key. Select Library in the submenu. You can drag the Library folder to the sidebar. Also create an alias to keep in the home folder. You can unhindered it with terminal, but you will have to repeat that with each OS update. The alias will stay.

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User profile for user: Glenn Leblanc
Glenn Leblanc
User level: Level 6
12,527 points

May 27, 2012 3:27 PM in response to iTryFreeApps

It's hidden in Lion. In the finder, select Go in the menu and hod down the option key. Select Library in the submenu. You can drag the Library folder to the sidebar. Also create an alias to keep in the home folder. You can unhindered it with terminal, but you will have to repeat that with each OS update. The alias will stay.

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User profile for user: Glenn Leblanc
Glenn Leblanc
User level: Level 6
12,527 points

May 27, 2012 3:30 PM in response to iTryFreeApps

In addition:


Show User ~/Library in OS X Lion

Launch Terminal from Spotlight or Launchpad -> Utilities, and enter the following command to show or hide the directory:

chflags nohidden ~/Library/


The users Library folder will immediately become visible again. Reverting this back to the standard Lion setting is simple too:


Hide User ~/Library in OS X Lion (default setting)

This returns to the default setting of hiding the user Library directory:

chflags hidden ~/Library


Changes take effect immediately again, and Library becomes invisible to the user.

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Can't find "Library" Folder in home Folder

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