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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1832937" data-attributes="member: 396914">Patrick, that article was about ~/Library and incorrectly made the claim that the chflags Terminal command no longer worked. I just used it in Mojave to get the screenshots I posted, so it definitely works there, and did in every OS from Lion to Mojave.&nbsp; And I have no idea what your friend did to hide the Desktop folder, or any other folder, but the default in every system from Lion to Mojave was that they are visible to the user. Period. Given that the author of that article you linked was dead wrong on the command not working, I don't trust much else in that article, either. I think what may be confusing is that the home folder (the one with the login name) no longer defaults to the sidebar. You have to select it in Finder/Preferences/Sidebar. What defaults to the Sidebar is the content of the Documents folder for the user. The Desktop and Downloads are not in the Documents folder, but in the home folder. Technically, the home folder isn't hidden, you can see it in Finder if you open MacitoshHD/Users/username, and if you look in it from there, all is visible. And all becomes visible in Finder if you simply go there. Putting it in the Sidebar makes that easy to do.&nbsp; I think what some people, including the author of that article, confuse is &quot;hidden&quot; and &quot;shown.&quot; The default is that only ~/Library is hidden. But the Home folder is, by default, not shown, but can be shown with a simple option toggle that doesn't require any Terminal commands. Does that make any sense?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1832937, member: 396914"] Patrick, that article was about ~/Library and incorrectly made the claim that the chflags Terminal command no longer worked. I just used it in Mojave to get the screenshots I posted, so it definitely works there, and did in every OS from Lion to Mojave. And I have no idea what your friend did to hide the Desktop folder, or any other folder, but the default in every system from Lion to Mojave was that they are visible to the user. Period. Given that the author of that article you linked was dead wrong on the command not working, I don't trust much else in that article, either. I think what may be confusing is that the home folder (the one with the login name) no longer defaults to the sidebar. You have to select it in Finder/Preferences/Sidebar. What defaults to the Sidebar is the content of the Documents folder for the user. The Desktop and Downloads are not in the Documents folder, but in the home folder. Technically, the home folder isn't hidden, you can see it in Finder if you open MacitoshHD/Users/username, and if you look in it from there, all is visible. And all becomes visible in Finder if you simply go there. Putting it in the Sidebar makes that easy to do. I think what some people, including the author of that article, confuse is "hidden" and "shown." The default is that only ~/Library is hidden. But the Home folder is, by default, not shown, but can be shown with a simple option toggle that doesn't require any Terminal commands. Does that make any sense? [/QUOTE]

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