How to open your Library Folder in OS X Lion

One of the changes that came with OS X Lion (10.7) was the ‘hiding’ of users Library folders. While it’s not often that you need to access your Library folder, it’s certainly something you’ll have to do once in a while. Here’s a very, very quick way to access your Library folder in OS X Lion.

  1. Open a Finder window and select the Go menu item.
  2. the Finder Go menu in OS X Lion

  3. Hold down the option (also labeled as the alt) key – and Library will appear in the menu. Select it.
  4. the Finder Go menu with your Library folder displayed

  5. A Finder window will open with your Library folder displayed. That’s it!
  6. the Finder with a users Library folder open


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