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Where To Find Library Folders On Mac Sierra

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.

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Jul 25, 2011  In Lion, your personal Library folder, at the root level of your Home folder, is gone. Actually, it's still there, but it's hidden. Here are a slew of ways to access it or, if you prefer, unhide it.

Opening the User Library Folder in macOS Sierra

  • Dec 12, 2016 How to Show /Library Folder in MacOS Mojave, High Sierra, Sierra. From the Mac OS Finder, go to the Users home folder. Pull down the “View” menu and choose “View Options”. Choose “Show Library Folder” in the settings options for the User home folder.
  • Jan 11, 2016  In this video, I demonstrate how to get your library folder back on your Mac. Please support by liking, sharing, and subscribing! New videos every week!
  • The long way to show hidden Mac OS X files is as follows: Open Terminal found in Finder Applications Utilities. In Terminal, paste the following: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES. Press return. Hold the ‘Option/alt’ key, then right click on the Finder icon in the dock and click Relaunch.
  • Apr 12, 2016  Where does Outlook for Mac (Office365/2015) store actual email files moved to the 'ON MY COMPUTER' section? Mac / Office 365 Home; Answer Jim Gordon MVP Replied on February 24, 2015. The files are located in the hidden Library folder. To view the location, you must first unhide the Library folder. Here are instructions for unhiding the.
  • Another way to access the Library Folder on your Mac is by using the Folder Option on your Mac. Left-click your mouse anywhere on the screen of your Mac to reveal the Go Option in the top menu bar. You can also click on the Finder Icon in the Dock of your Mac to activate the Go option.

If you just need to access the user ~/Library folder on occasion, you can get into it by using the Finder “Go” menu.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.)
Where To Find Library Folders On Mac Sierra

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.

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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.

Chflags nohidden /Volumes/Core i7 backup 2011 03 03/allison/LibraryTo be honest it might be easier to change the name of the volume not to have spaces than it is to type it this way!Or you could use quotes like this: chflags nohidden /Volumes/'Core i7 backup 2011 03 03'/allison/Library. In this case we have the same command but we have to navigate first to Volumes, then to the specific backup drive name (with those annoying spaces replaced with and space) and then to the user directory and then Library. How to view library folder on a mac.

  1. In Finder, go to the Users’ home folder
  2. Click the “View” menu and then click “View Options”
  3. Click the “Show Library Folder” option in the Settings options for the User home folder, as shown below.

Show Library Folder Mac Sierra

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.

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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.

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(Thanks to OS X Daily)