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Show library folder not working on laptop
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jeff k
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Feb 3, 2016, 12:25 AM
 
I clicked the "show library folder" for the home finder folders on both my desktop and laptop. It does show on the desktop, but strangely, just wont show on the laptop — so I'm stumped. They are both on El Capitan.
     
andi*pandi
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Feb 3, 2016, 10:36 AM
 
check user restrictions? Are you in the admin account on both?
     
jeff k  (op)
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Feb 3, 2016, 01:56 PM
 
Thanks Andi, where should I check? I am the sole user of this laptop.
     
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Feb 4, 2016, 12:29 PM
 
In Finder Menu Go... brings up a text entry dialog-- type /Users/yourusername/Library

You can then drag it to the sidebar, at least as a workaround, until you sort out why the preference won't stick.

When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. -- Jonathan Swift.
     
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Feb 4, 2016, 01:48 PM
 
Thanks for the tip Chris.
     
   
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