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Question: Q: Adding the Downloads Folder to the Dock in Mac OS X 10.6

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2), 2.66 GHZ Quad-Core Intel Xeon 6GB 1066 MHZ DDR3

Posted on Mar 26, 2010 9:28 AM

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Click on the item in the Finder’s sidebar with the house icon and drag it to the right side of the Dock. If needed, control-click it and change the options afterward.

Jan 4, 2011 10:00 AM

thats really easy 🙂

open finder and go into your home directory. you’ll see the downloads here, just drag it down to the dock next to the trash and wait for it to expand and make room. once in the dock if its not a folder you can either: rite click (if you have setup) or ctrl click and under display as select folder.

Jan 4, 2011 10:00 AM

Jan 4, 2011 10:00 AM

I also lost my downloads folder off the dock. However, when I put it back in the dock and right-clicked to choose «sort by date added» (which is how I assume it was when it was in my dock before) it is reverse-sorting where it only shows the items added earliest and not the newest files that I’ve downloaded. How do I reverse the sort order to make it the way it should be?

Jan 4, 2011 10:01 AM

I also can’t figure out how to get the replacement downloads stack to sort with the most recent items first instead of oldest first.

Again, the full issue is: accidentally delete downloads stack -> create new stack -> sort by date. and you get oldest items first, instead of newest as it originally is. It isn’t a major problem but certainly is inconvenient in a several times a day sort of way.

Jan 4, 2011 10:01 AM

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Question: Q: I can’t find User folder in my Mac desktop/Mavericks

Where is the User folder located? I am trying to fix an iPhoto problem and need to go to User/Library/references folder. Users is hidden now.

iPad 2 Wi-Fi, iOS 6.0.2

Posted on Sep 12, 2014 6:42 PM

Your User folder isn’t hidden (or shouldn’t be). It is at /Users/ or cmd-shift-h in Finder.

The user Library has been hidden since Mountain Lion. However, it is simple to reveal.

To temporarily reveal it, in Finder, hold down the Option key (alt) and select Library from the Go menu.

To display it always, select your Home folder (cmd-shift-h) and Show View Options (cmd-j). Check the box to show the Library.

Posted on Sep 12, 2014 6:54 PM

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Your User folder isn’t hidden (or shouldn’t be). It is at /Users/ or cmd-shift-h in Finder.

The user Library has been hidden since Mountain Lion. However, it is simple to reveal.

To temporarily reveal it, in Finder, hold down the Option key (alt) and select Library from the Go menu.

To display it always, select your Home folder (cmd-shift-h) and Show View Options (cmd-j). Check the box to show the Library.

Sep 12, 2014 6:54 PM

If the computer running Mavericks is not updated to OS X 10.9.4, it may have

an issue that was noted by some earlier Mavericks version users, where their

User folder was sometimes hidden; this was fixed in the update to v. 10.9.4.

Since you don’t say what Mavericks step your system may be using, that

may leave someone reading your issue, faced with asking extra questions.

You could see if changing the View, of hard disk drive content, will help you

find the Users folder content. Also you may be able to use Spotlight search.

Some users have the Apple face icon in the Dock, set to open their user acct.

Anyway, hopefully you can find the missing folder.

Like find Waldo, from years ago; hiding in your Mac. 🙂

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Go directly to a specific folder on Mac

You can use the Go menu to jump instantly to specific folders — like your Documents folder or a folder you’ve opened recently. If you know the exact name and location of a folder, you can also open it by entering the pathname.

Ask Siri. Say something like: “Open the home folder.” Learn how to ask Siri.

Go to a folder that’s listed in the menu

In the Finder on your Mac, click the Go menu in the menu bar.

Choose one of the following:

Enclosing Folder: Choose this option to open the parent folder for the current window. For example, if you’re in your Downloads folder, this option opens your home folder.

Recents, Documents or other listed folders: Choose a folder from the list.

Recent Folders: Choose a folder from the submenu. To change the number of recently opened folders listed, choose Apple menu

> System Preferences then click General. Click the “Recent items” pop-up menu, then choose a number.

Tip: To go to your Library folder, press and hold the Option key, then choose Library.

Go to a folder by entering its pathname

In the Finder on your Mac, choose Go > Go to Folder.

Type the folder’s pathname (for example, /Library/Fonts/ or

/Pictures/), then click Go.

A slash (/) at the beginning of a pathname indicates that the starting point is the top level of your computer’s folder structure.

A slash at the end indicates that this is a path to a folder rather than a file.

) indicates your home folder. Most of your personal folders, such as Documents, Music and Pictures, are in your home folder.

If you’re having trouble finding a folder, make sure you’re spelling its name correctly and typing the full path, including slashes.

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How to Create Symbolic Links at Command Line of Mac OS X

A symbolic link created at the command line allows a linked object in the file system to point to an original object in a different location. In this way, symbolic links behave much like an alias does in the Mac OS X GUI, except that the linking and reference between files or folders is done at a lower level, and thus can be pointed directly to by various applications or user purposes. This can be useful in many situations for advanced Mac users, from providing easier access to a particular location, to offloading an application folder to another hard drive, and much more.

To make and set a symbolic link at the command line in Mac OS X, you’ll want to use the ln command with the -s flag, without the -s flag a hard link is set, which is not what we’re looking to do here. Launch the Terminal to get started.

How to Make a Symbolic Link

The basic syntax for creating a symbolic link (or soft link) is as follows:

ln -s /path/to/original/ /path/to/link

That will point /path/to/link to the original location, in this case /path/to/original/

Example Syntax for Making Soft Links at the Terminal

For example, to create a symbolic link for the user Downloads folder which links it to a directory on a separate mounted drive, syntax may look like the following:

ln -s /Volumes/Storage/Downloads/

That will link the active users

/Downloads/ folder to a directory named “Downloads” on the mounted drive called “Storage”. If such a directory and drive existed, this would basically allow all files that would typically appear in the user downloads folder to go to the other mounted volume instead, essentially offloading the storage burden to that separate drive, while still preserving the appearance of a

/Downloads/ folder for the user. As mentioned before, this behaves much like an alias.

Another example would be to offer easier access to an otherwise buried binary by linking the command to /usr/sbin/

sudo ln -s /A/Deeply/Buried/Path/ToApp.framework/Resources/command /usr/sbin/commmand

This would allow the user to type ‘command’ and access the binary, without having to prefix the command execution with the entire path.

Soft links have tons of potential uses, and if you’ve been a longtime reader of OSXDaily you’ve undoubtedly come across them before in other articles, from gaining easier access to the powerful airport command, placing mounted NTFS volumes onto the desktop, to moving local iTunes iPhone backup folders to external drives, to adding a Trash can icon to the user desktop like retro Mac OS versions, or even placing an application cache folder onto a RAM disk for ultra-fast data access and caching. The practical uses are countless, and making symbolic links will work in any unix OS, so beyond Mac OS X you could apply the same idea to linux or FreeBSD.

How to Remove a Symbolic Link

Of course, created symbolic links sometime need to be undone. This is easy with rm, or by using the ‘unlink’ command as follows:

Essentially this is removing the tiny file (again, like an alias) that references the symbolic link to the original item.

Unlinking a symbolic link will not delete any files or folders other than that defined link, it simply removes the reference from the linked item to the original item.

Know of any particularly great uses or tricks with symbolic links? Let us know in the comments!

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Question: Q: how do i create a new folder in finder

ibook g4, Mac OS X (10.4.7), norton antivirus

Posted on Feb 7, 2009 4:47 PM

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Then there are 2 ways you can do it.

Drag that newly created folder on top of the HD icon which will move it to the root of the drive.

In Finder>Preferences>Sidebar, check the «Computer» box, back in finder click on Computer on left, select HDD in window, then create the folder.

Feb 16, 2009 1:14 PM

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The information below is in the Finder’s Help menu. Your problem creating a new folder may be due to your not having the correct window activated.

*Creating a folder*
You can create folders to organize your files and applications.

In a Finder window, open the location where you want to create the new folder.
Choose File > New Folder.
To give the folder a new name, select it, then click its current name. Type a name for the folder and press Return.
If the New Folder command is dimmed, you do not have permission to create a folder inside the folder you opened.

*Changing the icon of a file or folder*
You can use custom icons for any file or folder in the Finder. You can create your own icons or download icons from websites on the Internet. Once you have custom images, you can replace icons for items.

In the Finder, select a file whose icon you want to use.
Choose File > Get Info.
Click the icon in the Info window and choose Edit > Copy.
Select the file whose icon you want to replace and choose File > Get Info.
Select the icon in the Info window and choose Edit > Paste.

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