How do I downgrade Mountain Lion?

To be honest, I was really excited for Mountain Lion when it came out. However, I'm more recently a bigger minecraft fan than I expected to be. Therefore, I have noticed that the Library folder (was found under User)  can no longer be visible. All I want to do is uninstall some specs and textures off of minecraft, but I can't without finding the Applications Support Folder. I would greatly appreciate it if there was a simple way to do this. It is frustrating that Apple is so "exclusive" that it cannot allow for downgrading an OS without having to back up literally everything and spending hours restoring. SO, all that to say, I really would appreciate help locating these folders. Thank you!

I don't know if this will solve your problem, but you can make your library visible by using the terminal command on this link http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/22/access-user-library-folder-in-os-x-lion/. It does work with Mountain Lion.

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