With the release of Mac OS X Lion way back in 2011, Apple removed easy access to the user’s Library folder. Although arguably well-intentioned, this change was frustrating for longtime Mac power. Can I delete things safely from /Library? Ask Question Asked 5 years, 3 months ago. Make sure the search is set to This Mac. From what is in /System/Library/User Template/Library, here is what /Library contains when you create a brand new user. Almost all entries are empty directories.

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2. View Users Library Directory Mac
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4. Mac Library Containers Folder

Perhaps, OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard could be the last Mac OS that allowed easy access to user library folder. Thereafter, we saw a number of Mac operating systems wherein accessing user library was a hard task forever the power users.

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Fortunately, in newer Mac versions, the difficulty in accessing this folder has considerably reduced. Apart from its security and optimized storage features, mac Sierra – the latest macOS version, is not different from these mac versions.

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What You’ll Get from This User Library Folder?

Well, it’s the place where Mac power users cannot skip or avoid. It’ll contain preferences, files, cache, application support data and much more. But, for an ordinary or casual user, it should say that there is no space for them.

Moving User Library Folder into Favorites in mac Sierra:

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Method 1

1. Open your Finder Menu. Select Go -> Go to Folder.

2. A new Window “Go to Folder” will appear now. Enter “~/Library” in the text box (without quotes) and click Go.

3. Your hidden user library folder will be displayed now.

4. Locate the Library logo at the top of the window. Click it, drag and drop into favorites section. That’s it - your User Library will be permanently pinned into your favorites section from now onwards.

Method 2:

There’s always a second way – perhaps the easiest one. In this time, if you hold Option while opening Go menu in Finder, you’ll see the same Library option. From Mac Finder, if you press Command + Shift + L , you can immediately jump to this menu.

Method 3:

Mac Library Containers Folder

There’s a final method and it’s purely based on command lines. Open your Terminal and execute this command over there.

Second, Apple made one of these three Library folders invisible starting with OS X Lion (aka OS X 10.7).Library folders store special folders that store many application and operating system resources. First, there are typically three Library folders on the Mac so locating the correct one can be tough. Even then, please proceed with caution. Important Note: Before you touch any files in any of your library folders please have a full backup of everything on your Mac. Library folder is hidden in mac.

chflags nohidden ~/Library/

It'll make your hidden library folder into a public one.

Note: All these methods also work in Mac versions El Capitan and Yosemite. If any of these methods are not working, let me know us by your valuable comments.