Find Application Support Folders That are Not Visible in Time Machine

I would like to restore an application support file and a preferences file that are no longer visible in the Finder or in Time Machine since I upgraded to 10.8. I was able to do this in the past and am a little frustrated I cannot do it now. I know how to find the folders on my computer using the Finder Go to Folder method, but cannot use this method to find the files in my Time Machine backup. Please help. Thanks!

See http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/04/show-library-directory-in-mac-os-x-lion/ and permanently unhide the user's Library. That should allow TM to update itself, making them visible, but maybe only in the latest updates. I don't use TM, so all I can point you for that is Pondini's TM FAQs.

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