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.

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Where did the "library" folder at the users level go?

Where did the "library" folder at the users level go?

Ziatron wrote:
Following the lead from Windows, it's now hidden.
Users are not qualified to use the library anyway.
When it's following the Windblows lead, there should also be an option to revert this, to be able to switch the hidden files back to visible. Haven't been able to find that option yet.
Furthermore, I despise your remark about users not being qualified. When I buy something I have all rights using any and all part of it. Whether that's a sensible choice for each and every user is a whole other question, but to treat all users as one dumb-*** group is not good (IMHO).
Cheers,
Gerard

Where did the User Library folder go?

I installed OSX 10.7 yesterday and was quite excited to do so, and by day two I am regretting it. whether it is the uslessness of launchpad, to all of the old things i find missing. One thing i just noticed was that i cant find is the User Library folder. The system Library folder is there but not the user. am i missing something? oh and getting rid of front row? why? i watched trailers there all the time!...sorry sorry...off topic. grr
Lion 5 out of 10 Stars

Use the following:
chflags nohidden ~/Library/
Generally, ~ should be used instead of manually providing the home folder path.
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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.

Where is the library folder in Lion?

where is the library folder in Lion?

I recommend all frustrated users to make LIBRARY permanently visible by following Tom Reed's instruction, namely, going into Terminal and typing the following command: chflags nohidden ~/Library Otherwise, next time you need to access Library, if you are like me you will have forgotten the "Option-Go" trick
You´ll ask next: "but how do I access Terminal?" If you search for "Terminal" in the Finder, it shows up. Make sure the Search is of "This Mac" and not "All my Files". Once you see it, click on it and the terminal window opens up. The background inside the window is white and not black as sometimes pictured.

Where is user/library in Mavericks?

Where is user/library in Mavericks? I only have the HD/ library or system/library. User/library is gone and I desperately need the firefox bookmark file that was in there. Thanks!

To make the Library folder permently accessible from the Finder, starting with Mavericks, there is a setting in the View options to make the Library folder visible.
Note that will only be shown if you have your home folder opened.

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

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/

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 the library folder????

Not sure why this is so difficult to locate, but I've spent 10 minutes trying already...
Thanks for any help.

NOTE: In Lion and Mountain Lion the Home/Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and press the Return key - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder. Also works with Mavericks and Yosemite.
For Mavericks and Yosemite go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring up this window:

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.

Where is user library in Lion

I installed Lion and now I cannot seem to find the User Library. So where is it?

Re: where is user library in Lion
Jul 23, 2011 8:56 AM (in response to Kappy)
OK
Here is a problem:
Last login: Wed Jul 20 21:45:31 on console
login(5262,0x7fff755a5960) malloc: *** error for object 0x7fc1fd200980: pointer being freed was not allocated
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
[Process completed]
my terminal willnot take an input
Now what?
Follow UP ---
I fixed the terminal error by repairing disk permissions...
Now I can see my users library, and I'm happy again.
Why would Apple choose to hide the Library in Lion?

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

Where is user/library/mail folder in mountain lion?

Hello,
I bought a new macbook pro and now I want to transfer some mail messages received and stored on another computer.
I wanted to put them in the Library/Main folder within my user folder, but if I open the User folder, there is no Library folder !
the only Library folder on this computer is within Macintosh HD, and that doesnt have a mail section.
I can use the Mail program just fine with mail coming in now, but where is that mail stored??
thanks in advance

in Finder, hold down the Option key while clicking on the Go menu and your users Library will appear...

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

Where is user library folder

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