OSX Lion and brush storage...

Question

Maybe the some critics are right about the "dumbing down of an OS"... I do resent slashes to user access so the OS can ape an iPhone or iPad... What I'm getting at is Lion makes your user/library folder go bye, bye visually. Yep makes it hidden.
I "discovered" this whill trying to install some new brushes(reverting back to Snow Leopard) -- bam, library "gone". 3 to 4 hours later after googling(finding out this was the OS's m.o.) and posting, I got it back to normal w/ my snow leopard user folder (both OS's were sharing it for a short time). So just thought I 'd throw that out there, as where now the best place to store user CS5 brushes when Lion hits... as I have my doubts Apple will change this (it ain't iPad like, if they revert!)?

Answer 1

Tai Lao wrote:
[SW] wrote:
You can still get to it via the Go command though, right?
Sorry, SW, I'm not following you here.  "Get to" what?
If you mean Spotblight or Dashboard on my setup, then the answer is no.  Both are permanently disabled.
Also, I'm embarrassed to admit I don't quite know what the "Go command" is. 
Mac OS hides many folders.... but you can use Go > Go To Folder.. in the finder menu to open the hidden folders. Once you get into a hidden folder, you can then make an alias of anything inside it. So it may be a small thing to navigate to the Application Support folder inside the Hidden Library folder and simply create an alias (or symbolic link) for easy access regularly.
For example... on any Mac OSX version you can use Go > Go To Folder.. then type "/private" (Without quotes) and open the private directory... make an alias of the "etc" or "var" directory inside it.. and then you have double-click access to a directory Apple doesn't want you to normally see. (*WARNING: do not alter contents inside the private, var, or etc directories unless you know what you're doing or have a valid OS backup to restore if needed.)
I've got zero experience with Lion... just speculating based on things I've done with previous OSX installs.
I, personally, have always frowned upon how Apple feels they need to structure directories and force some items upon it's users. I understand in some cases it's meant to be a protective measure. But in other cases there should be options.