In macOS, the library folder is used to store user account settings, preference files, app support files, caches, and other important data that allows your Mac to function as it should. Making ...

Messing around with certain macOS files could brick your Mac computer, so Apple has made them hard to find. But if you're ...

When drafting “Switching from a 27-inch iMac to a 14-inch MacBook Pro: A Fresh Start” (30 June 2025), I wrote: The two configuration tweaks that required a bit more effort were displaying the Library ...

Apple has added a new option to Finder's Show View Options window, titled Show Library Folder items. Here's how to find it in macOS Sequoia. The Finder's View->Show View Options window has long held a ...

Apple has its reasons for hiding away certain files from the average Mac user; after all, it’s difficult to break something you can’t see. But sometimes you need to see those files–or access the ...

[Editor’s note: The list is now up to 19, thanks to a great reader tip.] But if you’ve just upgraded to Lion, try accessing your personal Library folder that way now. Go ahead…I’ll wait. While I ...

Decades ago, Apple launched the Macintosh, now known simply as Mac, line of computers. Sure, the tech world has seen Apple come out with some weird Macs over the years, but for the most part, it has ...