When Apple released OS X 10.9.3, many users found that the /Users
folder was hidden. In my case, when I click on Dave's Computer
in the Finder sidebar, then click on Macintosh HD
, I don’t see the usual Users
folder at the top level of my hard drive. The folder is there, it’s just hidden.
This is not a big deal for most people, and not everyone’s /Users
folder is hidden. If yours is, and you need access to it, open a Finder window and select Go To Folder… from the Go menu. When the dialog appears, type /Users and click the Go button. The /Users
folder will become visible, albeit temporarily.
For a more permanent solution, control-click on the /Users
folder and select Make Alias from the contextual menu that appears. Though the /Users
folder will become hidden again when you close your Finder window, the alias will stick around.
Not sure why Apple made this change, and why some people are seeing it and not others. Whatever the reason and whatever the ultimate resolution, this is an easy thing to deal with and, I suspect, will be resolved in the next release.
UPDATE: Twitter user Jan suggested using this bit of code (which you’d enter using Terminal) to permanently change the /Users
folder’s hidden status:
sudo chflags nohidden /Users
Good tip, but personally, I’d advise waiting to give Apple a chance to resolve this in their own way before going under the hood yourself.
[Hat tip to Kirk McElhearn for pointing this out]