Post by: jb on August 29, 2011, 08:20:32 AM
In OS 10.7 Lion, what Terminal Command line is required to make the Users/Library folder visible?
By the way, why is it that Apple chose to make this folder invisible? Does anybody know?
Thanks.
jb
Post by: jb on August 29, 2011, 09:53:43 AM
The way to make the OS 10.7 Lion Users/Library folder visible is to open the Terminal application
and type the following command line,
chflags nohidden ~/Library
followed by a Return.
And to make the Users/Library folder invisible again, in the Terminal application
type the following command line
chflags hidden ~/Library
followed by a Return.
jb
Post by: Xairbusdriver on August 29, 2011, 11:24:20 AM
As for why they did it, the theory (since that's really all we have to go on) is that it is to help avoid people from doing things they shouldn't. The theory has many doubters since it is no problem to view the System/Library which many would consider slightly more dangerous?
OTOH, I have noticed that my normal method of archiving before making updates is slightly different in Lion. While the menu commands for duplicating or archiving an item in the System seem to be working, it took me a few tries before I noticed that the duplicates were actually being placed on my Desktop.
