[Macpartners] Home Directory Library is invisible

[Andrew Munchbach]

Thanks, Oliver!  Not to further muddy the waters, but there is another
option that is persistent after OS X updates.  Launch Terminal and run
the following command:

ln -s ~/Library ~/Lib

This will make an alias in your home directory titled "Lib" that will
take you to the Library folder.  Note that you can chance "Lib" to
anything other than "Library".

Best--
Andrew

Oliver Thomas wrote:
> 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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