I can't find User folder in my Mac desktop/Mavericks

Your User folder isn't hidden (or shouldn't be). It is at /Users/ or cmd-shift-h in Finder.

The user Library has been hidden since Mountain Lion. However, it is simple to reveal.

To temporarily reveal it, in Finder, hold down the Option key (alt) and select Library from the Go menu.

To display it always, select your Home folder (cmd-shift-h) and Show View Options (cmd-j). Check the box to show the Library.

The easiest way to get to the Library for a particular user is to be logged on as that user, open Finder, go to the Finder "Go" menu in the menu bar at the top of the screen and hold down the Option key for Library to appear.

You can navigate to the Users folder by opening finder and double-clicking Users at the bottom of the Finder window. However, Library won't normally be visible without doing something like the Go menu with option key.

Finder/Preferences/Sidebar - make sure the house with your user name is checked.

If the computer running Mavericks is not updated to OS X 10.9.4, it may have

an issue that was noted by some earlier Mavericks version users, where their

User folder was sometimes hidden; this was fixed in the update to v. 10.9.4.

Since you don't say what Mavericks step your system may be using, that

may leave someone reading your issue, faced with asking extra questions.

You could see if changing the View, of hard disk drive content, will help you

find the Users folder content. Also you may be able to use Spotlight search.

Some users have the Apple face icon in the Dock, set to open their user acct.

Anyway, hopefully you can find the missing folder.

Like find Waldo, from years ago; hiding in your Mac. 🙂

I Don't understand the terms you are using.

Where is the "bottom of your home column?"

If you type cmd-shift-c in Finder, then double-click Macintosh HD, is there a Users folder?

If so, if you open it, do you see your home folder?

Sorry, I still have no idea what you are describing. The bottom folder in Column View will be the last folder in the sorting sequence. It’s never been any different.

Was it possibly the Path Bar? You can enable that in the View menu. However, it wouldn’t always be your Home folder. Most of the time it would start there since most things you do would be in your Home.

And I wouldn't have needed to post that if this forum didn't sometimes take so long to make previous replies visible!

Succinct and bang on Eric