OS X Lion

[Mark Schonewille]

Pete,

Press shift-command-G and enter /Library/Preferences or ~/Library/Preferences, press enter and you'll see the preferences folder.

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On 10 jan 2012, at 20:43, Pete wrote:

> A while back there was a discussion on the changes in access privileges to
> some directories in Lion, I believe mainly to do the system Library
> directory.
> 
> Yesterday, I went through the process of installing an LC app on Lion for
> the first time, and also experiencing Lion for the first time.  I don't
> need to access the system Library directory but I do need to put a
> Preferences file in the user's Library/Preferences folder which I assume is
> still the place for preferences files to go.
> 
> Pre-Lion, I would just click on the icon for my Home directory, then
> navigate to Library/Preferences in the Finder.  In Lion, I could not find a
> home directory icon to click on, nor could I find an icon representing the
> computer's hard drive, either on the desktop or in any Finder windows that
> I could see.
> 
> I should say I do not have a real installation process for this app, it's
> something I put together quickly for a friend, so I was simply copying
> files from a CD to his computer.  We didn't have much time to do the
> install so I wasn't able to poke around Lion to see if there is a way for a
> user (a System Admin user of course) to get to the Library/Preferences
> folder.
> 
> Hopefully someone can give me some guidance on this.  I'm also left to
> wonder if my application will be able to access the preferences file even
> if I manage to put it into /Library/Preferences.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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> Pete
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