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Re: The hidden Library! (Was - Today's challenge!)

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On Apr 13, 2026 at 1:08:57 AM MST, ""David B."" wrote
<n43mkpFnke4U1@mid.individual.net>:

> On 13/04/2026 00:05, Brock McNuggets wrote:
>> Do you know if I am correct about Library still showing in the menu
>> (with Option) even if it was set to show in the Home folder? If so, when did
>> it change?
> 
> Here's what Gemini has to say about it! I hope this helps:-
> 
> =
> 
> This is a classic bit of macOS "logic" that has tripped up many longtime
> users. Brock is actually touching on a subtle change in how the Go menu
> behaves relative to the Home folder's visibility settings.
> 
> The Behavior Change
> 
> Historically, the Library would show up in the Go menu only when you
> held the Option key. However, the logic has become a bit more
> "intelligent" (or confusing, depending on your perspective) in recent
> versions of macOS:
> 
> The Standard Way: By default, Library is hidden. You hold Option, it
> appears in Go.
> +1
> 
> The "Persistent" Way: If you go to your Home folder, open View Options
> (Command + J), and check Show Library Folder, the folder becomes
> permanently visible in your Home directory.
> 
> The Menu Disappearance: In modern macOS (including Sequoia), once you
> have set the Library to be permanently visible in the Home folder, macOS
> often "promotes" it to a visible state in the file system but
> simultaneously hides it from the Go menu's Option-key shortcut.
> 
> When did it change?
> While Apple doesn't always document these "quality of life" tweaks in
> release notes, this behavior began to surface more consistently around
> macOS Ventura and has carried through to Sonoma and Sequoia.
> 
> The logic seems to be: If the user has explicitly chosen to show the
> Library folder in their Home directory, they no longer need a "hidden"
> shortcut to find it. Essentially, the Option-key trick in the Go menu is
> a "reveal" function; if there is nothing left to reveal because it's
> already visible, the menu item often doesn't trigger.
> 
> Summary for Brock:
> Is he correct? Yes. If the Library is set to "Show" in the Home folder,
> it frequently stops appearing in the Go menu, even when holding Option.
> 
> When did it change? The shift became prominent with the transition to
> macOS 13 (Ventura) and remains the case in macOS 15 (Sequoia).
> 
> The Irony: To get the Library back in the Go menu via the Option key, he
> would actually have to go back into View Options and uncheck "Show
> Library Folder."
> 
> It's one of those "helpful" Apple features where the system assumes that
> since you've made the folder a first-class citizen in your Home folder,
> you'll just click it there instead of using the menu bar.
> 
> How to show the hidden Library folder
> This short video demonstrates the traditional method of using the Option
> key to reveal the Library folder, which serves as a helpful baseline for
> understanding when and why the menu behavior might change.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IQSnbtSVeU
> 
> =
> 
> HTH. 🙂

Thanks. Assuming this is right I still had minor nit picky details wrong, but
close enough. :)

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