The **minecraft** folder lives inside your **Application Support** folder, which is inside your personal **Library** folder… which MacOS hides from you.

There are two ways to get to your **minecraft** folder:

## 1. Easy way

Open Minecraft and launch the game. Click **Options…**, **Resource Packs…**, then at the bottom of this screen, find and click **Open Resource Pack Folder**.

You will now have a finder window open that is *inside* your **minecraft** folder. Navigate up one folder by typing <kbd>⌘</kbd><kbd>↑</kbd> and you will be looking at your **minecraft** folder.

## 2. Harder way, but more permanent

You can tell MacOS to un-hide your **Library**.

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**Note:** Don't use this method if:

- this is a shared family login
- if you're concerned about you or someone else messing with the stuff inside **Library** and breaking something
- you have any other doubts

The **Library** is hidden mostly because things can go slightly (not usually badly, but inconveniently) wrong if the files inside it are messed with. (Minecraft being an exception, because you're here to mess with it *on purpose* instead of accidentally.)

If you have any doubts, just use the easy method. If you're Master and Commander of this computer and you're not worried you'll break anything though, I find this way more convenient.

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With an unhidden **Library**, you can always get to your **minecraft** folder by navigating **Home** → **Library** → **Application Support** → **minecraft**.

To un-hide your **Library**, you need to run a command inside Terminal.app. Either search for Terminal.app, or find it inside **Applications** → **Utilities**. Run Terminal.app, and when it's ready, copy this command into it and press <kbd>enter</kbd>:

    /usr/bin/chflags nohidden ~/Library

If it gives you errors or says you can't do that, then that's OK, no harm done — you just have to give up on this method and use the easy method.

## Optional: Make a shortcut for next time

Now that you're here, you may want to make a shortcut (also called an *alias*) to make this slightly easier.

1. Navigate up one more folder, so that you're looking at your **Application Support** folder.
2. Right click on **minecraft** to get the context menu, and choose **Make Alias**. A shortcut named ***minecraft alias*** will appear.
3. Drag that shortcut (not the original!) to your Desktop or anywhere else convenient. You can rename it to whatever you like. Opening this shortcut later will open your **minecraft** folder.