The 'Library' folder that supposed to show up in my "home" folder is not showing up.

If you click on your mac HD icon and go into the 'users' folder. Ther eis an icon with a house. This is what I think is called the 'home' folder. Usually, there is a folder in the 'Home' folder called 'Library' and I cant seem to locate it. Where did it go?

It's hidden. To unhide it open the Terminal application in your Utilities folder. At the prompt paste the folloing command line:
chflags nohidden ~/Library
Press RETURN.

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What happened to the Library folder?

I did an upgrade to Lion this past weekend. Everything seems to work fine except the Library folder is not present. I clicked on two files from an email message and they showed up in the Mail Downloads folder, but I cannot navigate to that folder. All I have as folders under "My Name" are: Desktop, Documents, Downloads, hob [?], Movies, Music, Pictures. Public, Sites. Nothing else. Can someone enlighten me on where the Library folder might be?
Thanks!

Finder>GO hold the option key
You can change back to visible
http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/22/access-user-library-folder-in-os-x-lion/

Photos in iPhoto cannot be found in the Library Folder on the desktop

I have a perplexing problem with iPhoto 6. A couple of months ago, I started a new Library and renamed it Current iPhoto Library placing it on the Desktop (rather than in the Pictures Folder).
I did this because my laptop became too full and I ran out of hard disk space. The original Library resides on an external hard disk.
I added many new photos to the new Library, inside of new albums.
My problem is that all the new photos seem detached from the Library Folder on the desktop.
They do take up memory, and now my laptop hard disk is full again.
But I cannot free up space because the Library folder does not recognize the existence of the new photos—even though while in iPhoto, with the program is running, I have no trouble accessing all the photos.
I tried DiskWarrior, assuming that there was a Directory malfunction. That did not help.
I tried rebuilding the Library using iPhoto's built-in capability, by starting the program while pressing the Command and Option keys. No help.
How can I make the Library Folder recognize all the photos that iPhoto can see fine within the program?

First, thank you for keeping up with me.
Second, where do look for Folder? On the desktop? iPhoto?
Third, in replaying what must have happened, I think I have an idea of what went wrong. Originally, I moved my first Library to an external HD to free up space on my laptop, and I started a new Library. Some time ago, iPhoto must have spontaneously created a new third Library. It left what I am calling the second Library as the only visible folder containing an iPhoto Library. I was able to mount the small second Library when I restarted iPhoto by pressing Option and selecting the only Library that was visible to me. When I did that, unfortunately iPhoto disengaged from the huge third Library it had created. All along the third Library was invisible on the desktop as a folder--which is why I got into trouble. I ran out of space again and wanted to move the contents of what I now realize was a third Library to another external HD. But I couln't find that Library anywhere. Strangely, for the last three months, I did not know there were three Libraries, only two. The one iPhoto created as the third one worked perfectly when I would start up iPhoto. But now it is gone. Not even DiskWarrior can find it.

No warning before moving the ~/Library folder...

OSX 10.7.3 on Macbook Air 13.3' i5 1.7Ghz 128GB.
Yesterday I was working on a Finder window opened on my ~/Library.
As I accidentally dragged the icon displayed in the Title area, the OS lost my user settings...
I quickly realized that my action caused my ~/Library folder to be moved to my ~/Desktop.
Since the ~/Library is a hidded folder in Lion, it may not be so trivial to figure out what happens whn you move it.
I had a CCC backup from the day before, so I restored the system with no damage.
(I didn't try to move the Library back, and opted for the safest way)
I wish that moving of critical system folders were signaled with a warning message, at least.

My own Lion system did not allow this.
I just created a new admin test account, opened a Finder window to its library, and tried to drag the library "proxy icon" at the top of that window onto the Desktop. Dragging produced only the "green plus" copy pointer, and so I could copy the Library folder but not move it, which is as it should be.
Looking in Terminal, I found that the home Library carried a protective "everyone deny delete" ACL, as do the other default subfolders of a new user account:
2010-Computer:~ t1$ ls -ldeO@ ~/Library
drwx------@ 29 t1 staff hidden 986 Feb 27 14:01 /Users/t1/Library
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
0: group:everyone deny delete
I then removed that protective ACL:
2010-Computer:~ t1$ chmod -N ~/Library
2010-Computer:~ t1$ ls -ldeO@ ~/Library
drwx------@ 29 t1 staff hidden 986 Feb 27 14:01 /Users/t1/Library
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
Now I could move the Library folder onto the Desktop by dragging its proxy icon (as mentioned, this was a temporary disposable test account!).
Had you previously altered any permissions on the Library folder or on your home folder?

How can I lose the Library folder in my Users folder?

I have Time Machine running and it is doing a good job backing up my mail among other things. It shows my mailboxes as being backed up from a Library folder in my Users folder. However on my Mac the Library folder does not show up in the Users folder. Where one would expect to find it - between Downloads and Movies - there is nothing. Can anyone tell me where it might have gone? Obviously the data within is still there somewhere and Mail is functioning normally. Have I somehow managed to hide it in some security setting?

On OS X Lion and Mountain Lion, ~/Library (being ~ your user folder) is hidden by default. However, you can access to it by two ways. However, you only need one, because you have to unhide the folder.
To unhide the folder, open Terminal and type:
chflags nohidden ~/Library
Finally, Library will appear on your user folder and you will be able to go to ~/Library/Mail, where mailboxes are saved

How to show the Library folder in an external hard drive

Hi there,
I am trying to restore the Skype Chat History to my new computer.
My old hard drive crashed and had to be replaced. Unfortunately my back-up Time Machine file was corrupted due to fact that this is a VERY EASY thing to happen and hence I DO NOT recommend that anyone uses Time Machine through a wirelessly connected hard drive, such as a Time Capsule - a very bad design flaw!
Luckily I am able to access some of the files on the old hard driave that was removed from my laptop. However I can not find a Skype folder or the Application support folder under my user name. Because it is an external drive, I can not use the techniques that have been suggested in other posts (such as using Terminal to permanently show the Library folder or using the Option key).
Can you please help me!?

Open a Finder window and choose the external drive with the user folder in the Finder sidebar. Then, make sure you see your user folder in the Finder window, because you will need it.
Now, open Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities) and type:
chflags nohidden
After typing that, press the Space key and drag your user folder from the Finder window to your Terminal window, and after dragging it, now type after the dragged folder (without space):
/Library
In Terminal you should see:
chflags nohidden (yourdraggeduserfolder)/Library
Finally, press the Enter key and the Library folder will show up

Spotlight wont show results from the Library folder

Items in the Library folder inside my user folder don't show up as results when I search in Spotlight. Is there a reason Spotlight wont search that folder, and can I change it?

Yes, Apple added the home Library folder to the "system files" list--at least now although both are excluded by default, you can choose to include if you want in any particular search.
Open a search window with Command-F and setup your search. After the first criterion--the default is Kind--you'll see a plus button. Click it to add a new criterion, then click the drop down list and instead of what's there select "Other" and scroll down the list to "System files" and select it. If you want to be able to access this option without recourse to the Other list, put a check in the box for showing in the menu. The default value is "don't include" which is goofy in the extreme since you wouldn't have selected this option unless you wanted them included, as they are ALREADY excluded. Anyway, change the value to Include.
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I lost an xcel doc. Tried to find the Library folder in Users not there when use Finder. But when trying to upload a photo, iphoto found the library folder I can see my doc in Office 2011 Autorecov, but can't access it! How do I get User to show Library

I lost an xcel doc a couple of days ago. Tried to find the Library folder in Users but not there when I use Finder (even when I do shift-command-G). But when trying to upload a photo in iphoto I found the library folder in Users. I can see my doc in Office 2011 Autorecovery, but can't access it! How do I get User to show Library then I can get to my long lost document?

The auto recovery dat should be in the Microsoft User Data folder in your documents folder, not in the Library. However, I Haven't had to look recently.

HT1347 When I add a folder to the library, does that mean that 'later' when I drop a new file into that folder (already added) it will automatically end up in iTunes? (or do I have to add file/folder to library every time I have a new file??) I'm using XP

When I add a folder to the library, does that mean that 'later' when I drop a new file into that folder (already added) it will automatically end up in iTunes? (or do I have to add file/folder to library every time I have a new file??) I'm using XP...

iTunes does not actively scan the media folders. If you manually add content to a folder, then you must add that content to iTunes manually via the File > Add File/Folder feature.
The only folder that gets scanned is the "Automatically add to iTunes" folder.

How do I find the Library folder on time machine back up disk

I had to rebuild my iMac and wanted to start fresh. I'm useing mountain lion and had everything backed up with time machine. The problem that i'm having is that I can't get the aplication support floder to show up in the library folder that you find under user menu. I know if you hold down the option key while youpull down the go window it will show up on your Mac, but how do I get to the one that is on your time machine backup, useing Moutian Lion? Thanks for any help.

Once you have the folder open in the Finder, enter Time Machine and you'll see the snapshots of the folder.

I just downloaded iPhoto 9.5 to replace my old ver. 7.x. Downloaded the library upgraded but have no idea where it installed as it is not listed in Applications. Opened iPhoto added my Library (12.5 GB) but iPhoto shows no pictures.

I just downloaded iPhoto 9.5 to replace my old ver. 7.x. Downloaded the library upgraded but have no idea where it installed as it is not listed in Applications. Opened iPhoto added my Library (12.5 GB) but iPhoto shows no pictures. In fact, iPhoto indicates that I have zero photos in the library while at the same time indicating the file size as 12.5 GB.

If your old iPhoto version was iPhoto 7, you need to run the iPhoto Library upgrader: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1523
It will install itself in the Utilities folder in your Applications folder.
Run it, and after that, you should be able to open your iPhoto Library with iPhoto '11.

Ownership & Permission for the Library-folder look weird

Sorry for strange subject-name for the thread, but it's the best I could do . Anyway, I'm having a strange issue with my Mac. I was showing my wife how convenient Spotlight could be. She was logged in with her username, and I asked her to search for my name and... It found and displayed bunch of email residing in my inbox. Now, I managed to track that problem down to her having access to the Library-folder in my Users-folder (I guess that was due to us sharing a single iPhoto-library between us, but I'm not sure).
Anyway, as I was looking at the "Ownershi & Permissions"-area of Get Info, I noticed that it looks... strange. Normally it has those drop-down menus where you can change the ownership and rights of users to that folder. But not in my Library-folder. There it simply tells me that I can read & write to the folder, but it does not tell that I'm the owner. There are no drop-down menu's to be seen. If I open the "Details", it does not show the drop-down menus that are visible elsewhere. Instead, it shows two columns, first one labeled "Name", and the second one is labeled "Privilege". My wife used to be listed there, and she had bunch of privileges assigned to her.
Now, I think that this is due to ACLs. But every other folder displays permissions normally, why doesn't this one folder do? How could I make this folder behave like every other folder does, with drop-down menu's and all?
1.25Ghz G4 Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.9)

However, if you note the output of the 'ls -lde
~/Library' command in the post from "11-May-2007
12:21 PM", it can be seen that there are no longer
any ACLs listed for that folder, yet the "+" sign
persists -ie. there doesn't seem to be a way to make
the command relevant to this situation since there is
no index to refer to, so I didn't want to belabour
the point of the syntax error.
That's interesting... the only post from May 11 2007 I see is the one by Király suggesting the use of chmod -R -a ~/Library and the time stamp on that is 3:55pm.
The very next post I see is the May 19 2007 post from Janne showing the syntax error. And in that post the italicized section shows the exact same info (down to the time/date stamp) from ls that was originally posted by Janne. Because of the time stamp, I assumed that was a quote.
So is something missing from the thread I see compared to the thread you see?

HT1229 The library folder recent imported duplicate photos, how do you removed duplicate imported photos?

I have had photos , photos albums, or folders deleted in the past, and I have somehow recaptured them by a way that is unknown or clear to me. Anyway I imported them to the library and it is now in the the library folder recent last 12 months imported. There are thousands photos are shown duplicate, how do I removed or organized the duplicate photos in a shortcut without going through all of them ( 23, 000 of photos imported), and secure them in a folder/location/area without loosing them again .

If you're seeing these duplicates in the iPhoto window (and not the Finder) you can use these applications to identify and help remove duplicate photos from an iPhoto Library:
iPhoto Library Manager - $29.95
Duplicate Annihilator - $7.95 - only app able to detect duplicate thumbnail files or faces files when an iPhoto 8 or earlier library has been imported the library.
PhotoSweeper - $9.95 - This app can search by comparing the image's bitmaps or histograms thus finding duplicates with different file names and dates.
DeCloner - $19.95 - can find duplicates in iPhoto Libraries or in folders on the HD.
DupliFinder - $7 - shows which events the photos are in.
iPhoto AppleScript to Remove Duplicates - Free
PhotoDedupo - $4.99 (App Store) - this app has a "similar" search feature which is like PhotoSweeper's bitmap comparison. It found all duplicates
Duplicate Cleaner for iPhoto - free - was able to recognize the duplicated HDR and normal files from an iPhone shooting in HDR
Some users have reported that PhotoSweeper did the best in finding all of the dups in their library: iphoto has duplicated many photos, how...: Apple Support Communities.
If you have an iPhone and have it set to keep the normal photo when shooting HDR photos the two image files that are created will be duplicates in a manner of speaking (same image) but there are only twp apps that detected the iPhone HDR and normal photos as being duplicates: PhotoSweeper and Duplicate Cleaner for iPhoto. None of the other apps detected those two files as being duplicates as they look for file name as well as other attributes and the two files from the iPhone have different file names.
iPLM, however, is the best all around iPhoto utility as it can do so much more than just find duplicates. IMO it's a must have tool if using iPhoto.

I am trying to delete songs from itune 11 library and i want it to delete the song from my hard drive as well. All my songs are in the music folder but not in the itunes folder?? itunes did not prompt me to move file to trash nor is there an option??

I am trying to delete songs from itune 11 library and i want it to delete the song from my hard drive as well. All my songs are in the music folder but not in the itunes folder. itunes did not prompt me to move file to trash nor is there an option to remove file to trash bin. How can i delete songs from both the itunes and hard drive at the same time?

aespinoza2210 wrote:
could it be in the itunes folder or does it have to be in the itunes media folder, which is within the itunes folder??
A Espinoza,
The iTunes Media folder is set in Preferences > Advanced, and is the key to most iTunes folder organizational activities. So I doubt that the automatic deletion will work for files that are somewhere else within the folder structure.
However, I have not experimented with that issue in quite a while, so you are welcome to give it a try in iTunes 11.

How can I get settings files out of the Library folder?

I had to do a clean reinstall (erase & reinstall) to clear up some problems on my Mac. Unfortunately, when you do this, your settings, customizations, bookmarks etc. aren't transferred over as they do when you upgrade in the normal way.
For example, dashboard widgets are in each user's <home folder>/Library/Widgets folder.
I could restore some of these settings by dragging the settings files from the old System Folder to the new one. Unfortunately, Apple is making this harder by hiding the Library folder in the user folder, both on the Mac and on the backup drive.
There is a command to enter in Terminal to show your Library folder, but this only seemed to work on the Mac and not on my backup drive.
How can I get key settings files out of the Library folder on my backup drive when the Library folder is hidden?
Thanks

Open the enclosing folder, choose Go to Folder from the Finder's Go menu, and provide Library as the path.
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I turned off my ipod and when i went to turn it back on again it showed the apple but thats all it shows.

I turned off my ipod and when i went to turn it back on again it showed the apple but thats all it shows. I can restart it by holding the power button and the home key but it never turns on.

Try connecting it to your iTunes library in Recovery Mode and restoring it. See this article for help on getting your iPod into Recovery Mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1808
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