Users library folder is missing

I have two users set up, in my principal user account (has admin rights) I can see all folders EXCEPT the Library folder, I only discovered this recently when wishing to delete a preference file from this users library. The other users library is visible as normal.
I have only recently noticed this and attribute it to a change since:-
Updating to 10.5.5
Starting to use Time Machine
Or possibly changing the computers short name some weeks ago
I had not needed to look in the users Library folder prior to now so am not sure when this folder "disappeared" or became hidden.
Can anyone suggest why and/or how I can make this users Library folder visible so that I can delete the preference file that is corrupt.

Thanks Neil - Problem solved and I´ve saved a couple of new Applescripts for checking and reset in case (and when) this happens again.
Lets hope Apple discover the reason for random changes to file flagging and apply to a future update.
Again, thanks for your quick response.

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124.6 MB
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358
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iPhoto
65.3 MB
7
236
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WindowServer
57.5 MB
5
364
101
1.1
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35.4 MB
4
305
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0
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35.2 MB
2
68
211
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Yes
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0
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33.6 MB
5
98
154
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Yes
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31.8 MB
12
274
3504
0.8
3:28.41
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0
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25.7 MB
4
61
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23.0 MB
6
188
35
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52.58
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21.9 MB
5
264
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15.92
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20.8 MB
5
156
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15.98
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19.8 MB
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189
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16.2 MB
8
176
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55.72
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14.8 MB
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33
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14.4 MB
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188
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4.66
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0
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3
102
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20.08
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Yes
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CalendarAgent
13.6 MB
5
110
192
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8.31
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No
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0
0
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storeagent
9.7 MB
5
151
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5.20
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No
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0
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SystemUIServer
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4
325
150
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14.72
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0
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Notification Center
8.1 MB
4
173
183
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4.89
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No
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No
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0
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com.apple.appkit.xpc.openAndSavePanelService
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4
164
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Yes
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loginwindow
6.5 MB
3
319
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No
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OpenDNS Updater
6.2 MB
6
171
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3.47
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No
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AppleSpell.service
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59
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Yes
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0
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Mac Media Player Helper
6.0 MB
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131
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Yes
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Alarm Clock
5.8 MB
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136
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4.50
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No
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Yes
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sandboxd
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0.68
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Yes
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VTDecoderXPCService
5.1 MB
2
49
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3:03.48
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Yes
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kextd
5.1 MB
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No
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coreservicesd
4.8 MB
5
221
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Yes
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No
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ShareKitHelper
4.7 MB
4
142
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3.62
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Yes
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0
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opendirectoryd
4.7 MB
7
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10.84
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No
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0
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gkbisd
4.5 MB
2
48
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21.28
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No
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UserEventAgent
4.5 MB
4
617
11
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9.88
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Yes
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No
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0
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fontd
4.4 MB
3
87
174
0.3
1:18.36
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Yes
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No
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LOGINserver
4.2 MB
4
126
196
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2.82
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No
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No
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com.apple.dock.extra
4.1 MB
4
142
224
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3.44
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No
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UserEventAgent
4.1 MB
6
322
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14.34
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Yes
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No
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launchd
4.0 MB
3
2,204
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3:49.79
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No
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fseventsd
3.9 MB
9
162
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22.20
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No
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nbagent
3.9 MB
6
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3.10
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Yes
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No
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Image Capture Extension
3.8 MB
4
136
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0.39
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Yes
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No
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xpcd
3.7 MB
5
49
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Yes
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No
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0
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blued
3.6 MB
4
120
57
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1.66
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Yes
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No
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identityservicesd
3.5 MB
5
99
188
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2.47
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No
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No
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0
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suhelperd
3.4 MB
3
57
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0.42
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No
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distnoted
3.3 MB
7
179
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8.20
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No
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coreaudiod
3.3 MB
5
303
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30:42.57
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No
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taskgated
3.2 MB
2
25
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Yes
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No
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airportd
3.1 MB
4
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4.10
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Yes
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No
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0
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EscrowSecurityAlert
3.1 MB
4
140
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1.82
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Yes
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No
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apsd
3.0 MB
5
94
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2.03
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No
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0
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authd
2.9 MB
4
84
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0.52
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No
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No
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0
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USBserver
2.8 MB
3
94
237
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2.72
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32 Bit
No
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No
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0
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QTKitServer-(3734) Safari Web Content
2.8 MB
3
73
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0.13
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32 Bit
No
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No
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0
0
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NETserver
2.7 MB
3
102
238
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12.38
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32 Bit
No
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No
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0
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locationd
2.5 MB
7
90
41
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16.93
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No
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No
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0
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com.apple.internetaccounts
2.5 MB
4
128
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Yes
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No
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0
0
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configd
2.5 MB
7
330
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34.02
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Yes
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No
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0
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ubd
2.5 MB
7
81
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0.50
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No
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No
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0
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LaterAgent
2.5 MB
4
133
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1.58
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Yes
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No
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0
0
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securityd
2.4 MB
3
119
14
0.0
5.45
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No
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0
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warmd
2.4 MB
3
40
18
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Yes
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No
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0
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xpcd
2.4 MB
2
26
65
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Yes
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No
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AirPlayUIAgent
2.4 MB
4
206
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Yes
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No
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0
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ocspd
2.3 MB
5
72
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0.14
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Yes
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No
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0
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iTunes Helper
2.2 MB
4
71
201
0.0
1.73
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No
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No
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0
0
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ScopedBookmarkAgent
2.2 MB
3
41
3754
0.0
0.15
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Yes
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No
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0
0
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launchservicesd
2.1 MB
3
274
52
0.0
21.82
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No
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No
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0
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mdflagwriter
2.1 MB
2
26
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0.25
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Yes
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0
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accountsd
1.9 MB
2
56
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0.33
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Yes
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No
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0
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imagent
1.8 MB
3
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No
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0
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usernoted
1.8 MB
2
84
178
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0.55
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No
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0
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librariand
1.8 MB
2
50
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0.09
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Yes
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No
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0
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revisiond
1.8 MB
4
41
28
0.0
0.22
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No
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0
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socketfilterfw
1.8 MB
4
59
113
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11.26
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Yes
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No
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0
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com.apple.CodeSigningHelper
1.8 MB
2
30
122
0.0
1.27
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Yes
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No
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0
0
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xpcd
1.7 MB
2
32
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Yes
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No
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0
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tccd
1.7 MB
2
44
159
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Yes
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No
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0
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IMDPersistenceAgent
1.7 MB
3
60
204
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0.05
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Yes
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No
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0
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xpcd
1.7 MB
2
32
156
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Yes
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No
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0
0
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wdhelper
1.7 MB
2
31
17
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Yes
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No
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0
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tccd
1.7 MB
2
49
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0.30
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Yes
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No
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0
0
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xpcd
1.6 MB
3
33
217
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0.02
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Yes
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0
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secd
1.6 MB
3
71
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3.76
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Yes
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No
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User Library folder has 112 GB...something must be wrong!

Hello, I have a Macbook Pro with a 250 GB hard drive. It has been running slow so I checked available memory--less than 4 GB. I have 40 GB music, 40 GB photos, and 4 GB movies. Nothing else seems to be taking up much room..then I found that the Users/Library folder was the culprit--112 GB. However, I ordered the folder in the Library by size, and the folder taking up the most memory had less than 7 GB, and most others have less than 1 GB. This is so weird...can't find where the 112 GB is? Has anyone else had this problem?

BlinkTMB wrote:
Do you mean to search for
<~/Library/Mail/[email protected]/.OfflineCache>
via the search box?
No. That's a way of expressing locations (paths) of items in Mac OS X; it comes from its Unix roots. It means, "the hidden folder named '.OfflineCache', located in the folder '[email protected]', which is in the folder 'Mail' in the folder 'Library' in your Home folder". (Of course, wherever I write "[email protected]", you must substitute the actual Gmail account.)
In Finder, empty the Trash, then invoke Go > Go to Folder, or ⌘⇧G. Insert in the 'Go to the folder' field the path
~/Library/Mail/[email protected]/.OfflineCache
(make sure not to make any typos), and click Go. Finder should go there and the previously hidden folder should now be visible and highlighted. Move it to Trash, and restart. Launch Mail again and make sure everything is OK. Mail should re-create the off-line cache and stop making copies of the same message. If everything is fine, you can empty the Trash and continue housekeeping, including removing all those unnecessary copies of the problematic e-mail message.

User library folder gone

after installing Lion, my user library folder doesn't show up in finder. I can see it in Terminal. Suggestions

See: 18 ways to view the ~/Library folder in Lion

Where is user library folder

After insatlling Lion, I no longer have a user library folder, whats up with that?

It's hidden. For that and some other things you may stumble over, see: Changes in Lion from Snow Leopard.

I need to access one folder in user library folder from my time machine backup......but it won't show a library folder

I need to access one folder in user library folder from my time machine backup......but the backup disk won't show show a library folder.
Pressing option-go only directs me to the current library folder in my hard drive. I have opened up the saved disk image and need to copy one folder and put it into my current library. Trying to restore using time capsule won't let me into the user library either......
thanks in advance for any help
christos

The Saved Application State folder is where Lion stores all the information required for its resume feature to function as it does. As you are looking for a specific saved game folder it will not be in the Saved Application State folder. This folder was not present in Snow Leopard so wouldn't be present on your backup previous to the Lion install.
The game saves you're looking for will most likely be located in the Application Support or Preferences folder.
Hope this helps
J.C

Restoring User Library folder from Time Machine

I have tried finding my User Library folder in Time Machine, but no luck.
I have managed to find the User/Library folder in normal view and have dragged it into the Sidebar.
It is now visable! Great.
But when I enter Time Machine and go back in time, it goes gray and you connot see it or it will not go back in time.
In other words I am unable to access my backed up files: Address Book, iCal, Mail, Keychains etc.
Any suggestion much appreciated!

DWNCC wrote:
It's a long story. My Mac Apps were crashing frequently as I have an older version MacBook Pro, using it with 10.7.3. It just didn't like it one bit.
Unfortunately, there are many people here in Apple Support Communities who claim there is something fundamentally wrong with Lion and are advising everyone to go back to older versions of the operating system. That is very bad advice. If Lion is misbehaving, there is some problem that needs to be corrected.
It is not a good idea to try to restore your user account piecemeal like this.
If you have erased everything, then at least you don't have to worry about damaging anything. Try this:
1) Run System Preferences > Users & Groups and click the "+" button to create a new account. Change account type from "Standard" to "Administrator". Give it a short name like "admin".
2) Log out of your current user and Log in to the new admin user.
3) Delete any old users you had.
4) Run Migration Assistant and migrate your old users from Time Machine

How do I get another users Library folder visible?

I'm struggling getting Lion to work properly on one of my Macs. Successful installation on 3 other machines, but this one is driving me nuts. It basically lost my passwords and I've had to create a new account in order to use the machine.
Anyway, at this point I've got one user account setup for myself and I can log in and out with that one. Problem is the other user account on the machine, which is my old one, has all my Library files I'd like to copy to this "new user." This includes, for instance, dozens of Mailboxes I saved "on my Mac" for use in Mail. Rather than have to recreate all those mailboxes, and then find the proper emails to copy to them, I want to simply copy the ones I've already created to my new user Library folder.
I know how to make the Library folder visible, and have done that for my "new" account. But the mailbox folders/files I want are in my old user account and I can't figure out a way to make that Library folder visible since I don't have my old password.
When I try to reset the password for the old account, it refuses to do it.
Is there some way in Terminal to navigate over to the directory where my old, now hidden, Library folder lives and make that one visible?
Thanks,
Howard

Holding the option key is a very crude solution, however...
This guy, in the second steps, explains how to get it back permanently: http://baumdesign.wordpress.com/2011/08/06/find-restore-skype-5-2-chat-history-i n-mac-os-x-lion/

Where is the user library folder

Where did Apple put the users' "Library" folders in Lion?! If they no longer exist, where should I go to find the user's "Application Support" folder (which I always used to find in the user's "Library"). Am I missing something? Am I blind? I never used to have this trouble. I need to change the default file for a program and that file resides in the "Application Support" folder within the user's "Library" folder (at least, it always used to reside there!)
I can't seem to find anything about this in the help files that come with my computer.

To Find Library folder
In Finder...
Press and hold Option key
Click Go on the menu bar
Choose Library

I desperately need to access my User Library folder in Time Machine (Lion so = not visible).

Hi. I installed Lion a few months ago and got a new external drive to back up Time Machine.
Nobody told me the User Library would be made hidden in the new OS. I have been backing up regularly in the belief that all my work, settings and so on was safe.
Yesterday my iMac (27" 2.8 Ghz Core it with 4 gib memory) suddenly went mad. Message saying finder had quit whilst trying to restore windows. Desktop was flashing, no icons clickable, no external disks readable. Could access some progs and terminal, but nothing else. Could not get into the history folder to trash various plists and so on as the folder is hidden and the alt Go wouldn't work. The Finder just wouldn't do anything.
I have sorted it out BUT I have lost my address book entries, my browser booksmarks, my desktop shortcuts and my iCal entries. I need to access my User Library on my Time Machine. Is there a way?
I cannot believe I have been religiously backing up my stuff but Apple has made it so I can't access my backup of one of the most important folders on my Time Machine???
Is there anyway of getting into this from Terminal or something? I will never be able to get back all the bookmarks and stuff I've been researching for years. I have it backed up on two different hard drives, both of which have 'invisible' library folders. I have make the folder visible now, for future backups, but it's after the horse has bolted. I am furious, and just feel like bursting into tears because of all the time it's going to take me to get all my work back. I can't tell you how stupid this was, Apple.
If someone could help I'd be really grateful. I've got older backups but they are so old they won't get back my recent stuff.
Thanks.

select Finder
hole option key and select Go in the menu
Select Library
Enter Time Machine
You should be seeing all the versions of you Library folder.

Finder not showing user library folder

When I open Finder on my iMac, then click on my user name in the sidebar, I am not seeing the Library folder for my user name. I need to modify some of the application support folders for specific applications, but I cannot find them using Finder. These folders are specific to my user name and are not located within the Macintosh HD/Library folder for the entire computer.
They should be in the path Macintosh HD/Users/[my username]/Library/Application Support/[application name].
But for some reason, the "Library" folder doesn't even show up in Finder when I click on Macintosh HD/Users/[my username]. It's visible when I open one of the applications and use preferences to access folders in the application support folder for that application, but not when trying to get to the same location using Finder -- which I need to do in order to copy and paste some of the files.
Any ideas on why my user-specific Library folder isn't being shown in Finder?

J.Richardson: I'm sorry, but what you described is not intuitive at all (to me, at least). Mac OS is not bad at all, but unless Apple gets off their high horse and maybe provides some *intuitive* controls for fine-grain system administration, people will continue to have valid points to cite Windows (version whatever) as having legitimate advantages over Mac. Recent example that they FINALLY changed; not being able to resize windows from any border.
Humboldtrick: Thanks for the terminal command! I was also incredibly frustrated by this change.
Thomas A Reed:
I have noticed the train wreck when dealing with (for instance) a SQLite management program - trying to view the contents of a database created in the temp space XCode's "iPhone Simulator" uses - can't browse into the correct directory, nor does the search tool look within the directory, NOR can you simply type a path in. Only other way I would've been able to access files created there would be to use terminal to copy them to a directory not within the "Library", every single time I wanted to view the results of a change! Since the process lost efficiency, and gained annoyance for no benefit to me, that is a train wreck. Also, your "chflags nohidden ~/Library" syntax only works if the user has terminal sitting at the correct directory; there was no reason at all to have griped about what Humboldtrick provided.

User/library folder moved

The Problem is that my library folder accidentally is moved.
Then mac os x made a new Library Folder.
The strange think is that i can't move that folder or overwrite it with my original library folder. So how did it move in the first place? How can i replace it.
thx

You probably accidentally dragged it into another nearby folder. Look in the other folders in your user folder.

My Library folder is missing-where did it go?

My mail app has stopped working. It was suggested in another thread that I go to the mail folder in the Library folder and delete
some items from the V2 file or folder. Problem is, I have no Library folder. Not there. Missing. Utterly confused. Searched all over the computer,
and stil MIA. How does this happen. My HD was replaced earlier this week by Apple. Old one crashed and burned. Everything worked fine until last night.
The mail won't open. Eberything else on computer works fine (so far). When I made a new folder and named it Library, box said name already in use. So this tells me it's hiding. How do I get it back. Any suggestions?

OS X Lion: Where did my Library go?
Drag it to the sidebar for easy access.

Local admin user's folder damaged / missing on 10.4.2 server

my admin account on my 10.4.2 server cropped up a new problem over the weekend. The user folder is missing or damaged, so upon login, i get a default dock et al, and a warning that the folder in /users/admin can't be found. If I look there in the finder, it lists it, with no icon, no contents, messed up ownership, etc. Any idea how I can fix this?? My client is a bit worried about their server due to this. thanks! Running disk utility and repairing permissions didn't help.
[email protected]
Dual 2 GHz G5 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Again... never got a response.

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