How to access and show the user library on Mac? Can’t find the User Library folder on Mac? Since Mac OS X 10.7, the user Library folder is hidden on Mac by default. This is why you can’t see the Mac userlibrary directory in the Finder.If you need to access theLibrary folder on Mac, you can follow the methods below. You can also find how to change user settings to make the user Library folder permanently visible in our article.
Method 1. Access the user library using a shortcut on Mac
In Finder, hold down the Option key and then click the Go menu, the user Library folder will be listed in the drop-down menu. You can choose to open the user Library folder in Finder.
Method 2. Open the Mac User library from the Access folder
Click the Go menu in the Finder, choose Go to Folder from the drop-down menu. The Go to Folder dialog box appears. In the box type “~ / without quotes” and press the Go button to open the user Library folder in the Finder.
Method 3. Make the user library visible in the Finder
Do you want to make the user’s Library folder permanently visible in the Finder like any other normal folder?
In Finder, click to expand the Go menu from the top menu bar, select Home from the list. The user home folder will open in Finder. Click on the gear settings icon, select Show View Options and select Show Library Folder, apply it by looking at the screenshot.
So you can access the Mac user library and at the same time make it visible.
In this article, I tried to explain which steps you need to follow to access the Mac userlibrary. I hope it was a useful article, you can send any questions you want to ask about the subject using the comments section.
You can also go to the Apple page https://support.apple.com/en-US/guide/system-information/syspf5a64aa6/mac to find and delete files on your Mac.
