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How to Access Your Library, in OS X Lion

By Denis Lesnoy

Folder icon with a building symbol representative of institutions.

In OS X 10.7 operating system, the library folder is hidden by default. In this tutorial you will learn how bring the library folder back into finder.

Folder with a design of a classical building.

Open Terminal.

Terminal window displaying a command line interface on a MacBook Pro.

If you have any difficulties finding terminal, type in the Spotlight, Terminal. (top right corner on your screen)

Type in the Following Command.

chflags nohidden ~/Library/ (Dont forget to push enter at the end of the command).

Terminal window displaying a command line interface with system information.

Go to Finder.

And the library folder should be there.

Image of a computer screen displaying a folder directory with various file folders.

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