The Library Menu item is hidden by default on Macs, to prevent the possibility of inexperienced users deleting important files in the Library Folder. In this article, you will find different methods to reveal the hidden Library Menu and access the Library Folder on your Mac.
Screenshots are images taken in-game by pressing the (by default) F2 key or Fn+F2 for Macs and some other keyboards. Screenshots are automatically saved in the 'screenshots' folder within the.minecraft directory. Like other control keys in Minecraft, the screenshot key can be customized (in 'Options.
Viewing library folder mac. Who says the optical drive is dead?
The Library Folder on your Mac contains Preference Files, Caches, and Application Support Data.
While regular Mac users may not find the need to access the Hidden Library Folder, advanced Mac users will at times come across the need to access files inside the Library Folder for troubleshooting and other purposes.
One example of the need to access the Library Folder on Mac would be to rebuild the Database Files in the Library Folder, in order to fix Launchpad related issues like Apps Missing From Launchpad or deleted Apps showing up in the Launchpad.
Before going ahead with the steps to Access the Hidden Library Folder on your Mac, you need to be aware that ~/Library Folder contains important Data and Files related to Mac User Accounts.
Hence, make sure that you are accessing the Library Folder for a good reason and you do know as to what you are trying to achieve.
Follow the steps below to access the Hidden Library Menu option on your Mac.
1. Left-click your mouse anywhere on the screen of your Mac. This will reveal the Go Option in the top menu bar of your Mac. You can also click on the Finder Icon in the Dock of your Mac to activate the Go Option.
2. Next, click on the Go option in the top menu-bar of your Mac.
3. While you are still on the Go option, press and hold the Option key on your Mac and then click on the Library option that appears when you press down the Option Key.
Note: Press the Alt Key in case you are using a Windows keyboard with your Mac.
4. Clicking on the Library Menu option will take you straight to the Library Folder on your Mac.
Another way to access the Library Folder on your Mac is by using the Folder Option on your Mac.
The cookies collect information in an anonymous form.
1. Left-click your mouse anywhere on the screen of your Mac to reveal the Go Option in the top menu bar. You can also click on the Finder Icon in the Dock of your Mac to activate the Go option.
2. Next, click on the Go option from the top menu-bar on your Mac and then click on Go to Folder… option in the drop-down menu (See image below).
3. In the search window that appears, type ~/Library, and click on the Go button.
This will immediately take you to the Library Folder on your Mac.
You can permanently unhide the Library Menu Option in the top-menu bar on your Mac by using the Terminal Command. The process is reversible and you can easily go back to the default hidden Library Menu Setting by using the Terminal command once again.
1. Click on the Finder icon in the dock of your Mac to activate the Go option in the top Menu bar of your Mac.
2. Next, click on the Go option in the top menu-bar and then click on the Utilities option in the drop-down menu.
3. On the Utilities window, open the Terminal App by clicking on it.
4. Next, type chflags nohidden ~/Library/ and Press the Enter key to submit your command for execution.
Once the command is executed, you will see the Library Option clearly visible and permanently unhidden in the top menu-bar of your Mac.
As mentioned above, you can always go back to the default hidden Library option on your Mac by executing a simple command in the Command Prompt Window.
1. To hide the Library option, type chflags hidden ~/Library/ in the Command prompt window (See image below)
2. After typing the Command, hit the Enter key on the Keyboard of your Mac to execute this Command.
Once the Command is executed, you will see the Library Menu option becoming hidden.
Screenshots are images taken in-game by pressing the (by default) F2 key or Fn+F2 for Macs and some other keyboards. Screenshots are automatically saved in the 'screenshots' folder within the .minecraft directory.
Like other control keys in Minecraft, the screenshot key can be customized (in 'Options. Controls.. Miscellaneous'), so look there if the default key does nothing.
Screenshots are saved as .png
files with a naming format based on the current date and time: YYYY-MM-DD_HH.MM.SS.png. For example, a screenshot taken on April 10, 2020, at 1:22:14 am gets named '2020-04-10_01.22.14.png'. If multiple screenshots are saved within the same second, a revision number is appended to the file name (e.g., '2020-04-10_01.22.14_1.png' is the second screenshot taken at that time).
It is possible to change what features are included in the screenshot by pressing control keys. By default, the screenshots look exactly like the screen during regular gameplay.
Control Key | Function |
---|---|
F1 | Hides heads-up display elements such as the health bar, hunger bar, experience bar, and any held items. In multiplayer it also hides the server chat and player nametags. |
F3 | Displays the debug screen. This shows coordinates, entity count, and other various things. Press ⇧ Shift+F3 to pull up debug screen with debugging charts. |
On Windows, screenshots are saved in the .minecraftscreenshots
inside the AppData/Roaming
folder. This folder can be obtained by typing %appdata%.minecraftscreenshots
into the File Explorer address bar.
For the Windows 10 version of Bedrock Edition, press ⊞ Win+G to open the game settings overlay. Under Game Capturing, click the camera button to take a screenshot. A notification then appears showing where the screenshot was saved. The default screenshot save folder is C:Users<username>VideosCaptures
.
On macOS, screenshots are stored in ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/screenshots
, and on Linux they are stored in ~/.minecraft/screenshots
.
The screenshots folder can also be accessed by going to 'Resource Packs' in the settings menu, clicking on 'Open resource pack folder', and going up one level.
Java Edition Alpha | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
v1.2.0 | ? | The screenshot function was implemented. Originally F1 had to be held down when taking screenshots. | |||
Java Edition Beta | |||||
1.2 | Screenshots can be taken using the F2 key without having to first hold down the F1 key. | ||||
1.2_02 | Pressing ⇧ Shift+F2 would call an unfinished experimental screenshot function that attempted to generate a huge 645 megapixel TGA image with a resolution of 36,450×17,700 pixels.[1] Pressing this key combination would cause the client to either freeze for a while, displaying several clipped tiles of the current view, or crash, depending on the amount of available RAM. During this time, it would attempt to generate a file of 1.8 GB in size that may end up corrupt. | ||||
1.5 | The screenshot bug was fixed. | ||||
Java Edition | |||||
1.6.1 | ? | The ability to choose a custom path to save the Minecraft data folder was added. |
Versions |
| ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Development |
| ||||
Technical |
| ||||
Multiplayer | |||||
Game customization |