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Jan 30, 2019 Accessing the Library folder in macOS Sierra and macOS Mojave. If you don’t want your Mac to always show the Library folder, but you only need to access it for one time, you can think about accessing it through Go Menu. If you can’t find Library on Mac, you need to follow the below mentioned steps to get the job done. From the macOS Finder. You may want to explore the Library folder in order to clear it from old logs, caches or other junk files. This command will restart the Finder and then you will see hidden files and folders on your Mac. Each time you need to hide or show hidden files and folders. Jul 30, 2014 Instructions for displaying and opening the user library folder (which is hidden by default) in Mac OS X 10.7 and later. Oct 29, 2017 Click on your Users folder, and from there click on Show View Options and select Show Library Folder. Same as it ever was.
While many Mac users may never need to access their User Library folder while running macOS Sierra — some advanced users, may need to get in there and access support data and such when troubleshooting. The folder is hidden by default in macOS Sierra, but it only take a few moments to access it, or make it so that the folder is always visible.
Before we begin, we want to say that it’s usually a good idea to leave things in the users ~/Library folder alone, unless directed to by support personnel. The folder contains caches, application support data, and preference files, and if you screw around in there too much, you could really screw things up. We DO NOT recommend it. Now that our butts are covered, here’s how to find and display your User Library folder.
Opening the User Library Folder in macOS Sierra
If you just need to access the user ~/Library folder on occasion, you can get into it by using the Finder “Go” menu.
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- From the Finder in macOS, (Click anywhere on the Desktop where there isn’t already an app window, and you should see “Finder” appear in the upper left hand corner of your display, up near the Apple icon), click the “Go” menu item, and then hold down the SHIFT key on your Mac’s keyboard.
- Click on “Library” in the drop-down list. (If you release the SHIFT key, the “Library” option will disappear from the menu. Now you see it, now you don’t.)
If you’re not much of a mouser, you can just hit the key combo of Command + Shift + L, and a Finder window will appear showing the ~/Library directory of the active user account.
Always Show the User Library Folder in macOS Sierra
If you are an advanced user, you might want to always display the user ~/Library folder in your user Home directory. It just takes a few clicks to enable this option.
- In Finder, go to the Users’ home folder
- Click the “View” menu and then click “View Options”
- Click the “Show Library Folder” option in the Settings options for the User home folder, as shown below.
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Following the above steps will change the settings for only the current user. Any other users will also have to follow the above steps while logged into the machine.
These steps also work with Mac OS X El Capitan and Yosemite. In earlier versions of OS X, a command line entry was required to perform the same magic.
(Thanks to OS X Daily)
You may need to access content in the user Library folder to troubleshoot problems with your Adobe applications. The user Library folder is hidden by default in macOS X 10.7 and later releases. Use one of the following methods to make the user Library content visible.
Hold down the Alt (Option) key when using the Go menu. The user Library folder is listed below the current user's home directory.
Note: After you open the Library folder, you can drag the Library icon from the top of that window to the Dock, sidebar, or toolbar to make it readily accessible.
2019-10-25 Continuing on your new Mac: Select the information to transfer. Click Continue to start the transfer. If you have a lot of content, the transfer might take several hours to finish. In the example above, John Appleseed is a macOS user account. If you transfer an account that has the same name as an account on your new Mac, you're asked to rename. Apple's native Photos application got an update with the release of macOS High Sierra, including new library. Photos App in macOS High Sierra. The new dedicated section in the Mac App Store. 2016-11-23 Moving a Mac’s Photos Library. It is fast filling up with high-resolution picture albums in the Photos app. You drag the library file, the Mac will copy it to the new location and then. Back up the library in Photos on Mac. Even if you use iCloud Photos, it’s important that you always back up your library locally using one of the following methods. Use Time Machine: After you set up Time Machine, it automatically backs up the files on your Mac. If you ever lose the files in your Photos library, you can restore them from the Time Machine backup. 2011-8-14 I recently bought a new imac. I transferred my iphoto library from my old mac to an external hard drive. Then, I imported that library to iphoto '11. After, my library ballooned to over 19,000 photos with tons of duplicates and triplicates. Any idea what I did wrong? Any ideas how I can fix the problem? Transfer mac photos library to new mac high sierra update.
For more information, explanations, and ideas, see 18 ways to view the ~/Library folder in Lion and Mountain Lion.
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