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Mac – Mt Lion hides the user Libary be default

For some reason known only to Apple, Mt Lion (Mac OS 10.8.x) now hides the user’s library folder by default.  This presents some issues for software that have been written to store information in this folder.  So …

To unhide the user’s library folder:

Log into the user account, open terminal and give the following command:

chflags nohidden ~/Library

 

This entry was posted in Labs and tagged Macintosh, Mt Lion, User_Profile on October 10, 2013 by Lynna Jackson.

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