OS X Lion hides the ~/Library folder from view in an effort to prevent users from tampering with sensitive files or unwittingly tossing out their precious data. It’s easy to get to your user’s Library folder with a simple Go > Go to Folder command in Finder, then typing ~/Library. But moapp found a Terminal command that can bring your library folder back into focus:

Open the Terminal and type:

chflags nohidden /Users/[username]/Library/

Alternatively, reader PBenz pointed out that you can hold the Option key when clicking Finder’s Go menu to make a hidden Library option appear, like so:

And thanks to Paul Conigliaro, you can also assign a shortcut in System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts to open ~/Library. In the demo screenshot below, I used Command-Option-Shift-L.

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