From OSX 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion and 10.7 Lion, the /Library and ~/Library are hidden from the Finder – to show these directories in the GUI, launch Terminal from Applications/Utilities and run the command below with sudo and enter your admin password when requested:
to hide again:
You can apply this to any directories in the filing system – so to see the hidden contents of the private folder including /etc you would apply:
If you're using a pre-Sierra version of macOS, there are ways to keep the hidden /Library folder visible. The easiest way is to drag the hidden Library icon from the Finder window to the Finder. Hiding document folders in SharePoint comes in handy when you have a complicated folder structure. For example, you may have added metadata columns for bette.
But you cannot hide/show defined invisible files/folders that are preceded by a “.” with chflags
To show all hidden files and folders, that start with a ‘.’ , back to Terminal in OSX 10.9 Mavericks:
Getting back to cleanliness:
Make Library Folder Visible On Sierra Key
To show all hidden files and folders, that start with a ‘.’ , back to Terminal for earlier versions of OSX 10.8 and prior:
Macos Make Library Folder Visible
Getting back to cleanliness: