By default the ‘Library’ folder is a hidden folder in OS X Finder. However, if you need temporary (GUI) access you can use this simple AppleScript below to remove the ‘hidden’ flag from the folder.
tell application "System Events" set libvis to (get visible of folder "~/Library") end tell if libvis = false then --~/Library is currently invisible tell application "System Events" to set visible of folder "~/Library/" to true else --~/Library is visible tell application "System Events" to set visible of folder "~/Library/" to false end if
This script could also be easily amended to show and hide any folder of your choice, simply by replacing the ~/Library/ with the path of the folder you’d like to toggle.
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