[HOWTO] Show your Home Library in 10.7

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In 10.7.x Apple decided to hide you own Library folder. So to change this behavior is an easy /Applications/Utilities/Terminal command:
Code: 
chflags nohidden ~/Library

To change it back to hidden just type the terminal command:
Code: 
chflags hidden ~/Library

You can copy & paste these commands in Terminal.
 
You can still access your ~/Library folder directly in Finder:
menu::Go and then hit the [alt] / [opt] key; and an additional menu entry turns up allowing you to directly access the ~/Library folder
 
Yea, the other way was to access it from Finder > Go to Folder... and once showing, then drag to side bar. But the noflags is much more elegant.
 
I'd say it's better to have three ways than one in a HOWTO thread. But no MORE, okay? If there's even ONE more way to access the user Library in this thread, we'll have to… ;)

(Btw.: I like the alt-Go-Menu one best, because I generally _like_ that Apple thinks the user doesn't need to access the directory. Most users won't need to, anyway.)
 
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