[Macpartners] Home Directory Library is invisible

Oliver Thomas othomas at MIT.EDU
Mon Mar 19 21:51:59 EDT 2012


Andrew and Allan,

Thanks for both of those tips. I've added to the Hermes article [http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/BABOAg] to include Allan's tip, the caveat about system updates, and a workaround.

Best,

Oliver

On Mar 19, 2012, at 8:14 PM, Allan Doyle wrote:

> WHen you have it open, you can drag the folder icon from the top of the window into the sidebar and it seems to stay there.
> 
> 	Allan
> 
> On Mar 19, 2012, at 7:39 PM, Andrew Munchbach wrote:
> 
>> This will work, the only downside is this: after every software update,
>> Apple removes the "nohidden" flag from ~/Library and it becomes hidden
>> again.  The best way is to train yourself to hold the "option" key and
>> click on the "Go" in the Finder menu bar.
>> 
>> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.7/en/mh35934.html
>> 
>> Best--
>> Andrew
>> 
>> Oliver Thomas wrote:
>>> If you want to make it permanently visible, you can run:
>>> 
>>> 	chflags nohidden ~/Library



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