I've only been on the mac a few weeks now and that means I haven't seen any other OS but for Lion. I thought I could always see the library folder you speak of here. Now my primary user account is still admin based; haven't set it down to standard user yet. Dunno if that makes a difference or not. Plus I can see all those folders from the shell (terminal) too.
The command line is a great way to get around on unix and linux environments. On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 08:59:41PM +0000, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: > in an update to this, these files can be found but an application called > tinkertool is needed to uncover the hidden files. > > tinkertool can be found here: > > http://bresink.de/osx/0TinkerTool/download.php5 > > please be aware that if you show all files including hidden files, you will > see critical used files for OS X. these MUST NOT be touched unless you are a > competent systems technician or administrator with recovery experience. > > when you load this software, simply copy the tinkertool app to your > applications folder. from here, run it, it will display a welcome and warning > notice in 1 stating that the software can make changes to the system which if > used incorrectly can harm OS X. > > the only area to tick is the first box saying "Show hidden and system files" > > once done, close the app and restart OS X for changes to take effect. you may > also log out and log in to apply changes. > > Please be aware that on your desktop you will see additional files. Don't > delete or touch them. > > go to /users/"USER"/library/preferences (/libary/preferences is a hidden > folder for a reason) > > now that you are able to gain access to this, now remove the two following > files... > > com.apple.itunes.plist > com.apple.itunesHelper.plist. > > close the window > > go back to applications and launch tinkertool. > > uncheck "show hidden and system files" > > quit the app, log out and log back in. > > now relaunch itunes. > > PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A FIX ONLY FOR OS X 10.7 ONWARDS DUE TO THE WAY THE > FINDER WORKS WITH FILE SECURITY! > > other than the additional steps of using tinker tool in OS X 10.7 upwards, > the proceedure is pretty much the same for earlier versions. > > lew > > On 5 Feb 2012, at 20:24, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > > Well everyone, > > > > My itunes is terrible since updating to the latest version of Lion and as > > Lew has explained to you all Ithe necessary files can't be found to correct > > Itunes. I'm still waiting to see if anyone's Itunes has been affected. > > All I want to do is to get my I phone 4S to sync wirelessly when I format > > the phone to get it working again as it should. I simply can't understand > > why Itunes should be fine yesterday and today it's frankly crap excuse the > > language. > > > > Kawal. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "MacVisionaries" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > Founder: Mr. L. Alexander. > Free Macs For The Blind. > E-Mail: [email protected] > Direct Contact: 07936 877500. > WEBSITE: http://freemacsfortheblind.wordpress.com. > Twitter: @macsfortheblind. > Skype: freemacsfortheblind > > Free Macs For The blind is a charity project supplying older but working > apple macs for blind and visually impaired people throughout the UK FOR FREE! > > Do you have an old unwanted mac, any hardware, software, old PC's, etc or a > copy of outspoken 9.2 you would be willing to donate? please get in touch. > > Mac Access Dot Net; The British Mac Accessibility Network, we're here to help > anybody disabled with anything Apple! > http://www.mac-access.net > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
