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OS X 10.9.3: Why is the /users folder hidden for some users, but not all users?

“Yesterday, I showed how you could unhide the /Users folder in OS X 10.9.3, the latest update to OS X that was released yesterday. Yet many users, in comments, emails and on Twitter, have pointed out that their /Users folder is not hidden,” Kirk McElhearn writes for Kirkville. “Here, it’s hidden on both my Macs: a late 2011 Mac mini, and an early 2013 MacBook Pro.

“My guess, given that not everyone sees the /Users folder as hidden, is that this is a bug; one way or another,” McElhearn writes. “In other words, it should either not be hidden, or it should be hidden for everyone.”

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“It’s easy to bring [the /Users folder] back though,” McElhearn explained yesterday. “Run the following command in Terminal:”

sudo chflags nohidden /Users

“Enter your administrator’s password when prompted, then press Return,” McElhearn wrote. “The /Users folder will be visible again.”

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