BTW, i did the combo install. Maybe thats the difference?
To make things even more complicated: I used the COMBO update on two partitions on the same drive. ONE caught the bug. The other did NOT. Then, while trying to troubleshoot the affected partition, a restart caused the unaffected partition to become AFFECTED. Not kidding. Lunacy. I've documented a summary of other odds and ends below.
I agree with repairing permissions before and after an update.
HOWEVER: It did NOT stop this bug in my case. I ended up with one affected partition and one unaffected on the same hard drive. Then I later watched the unaffected partition become affected. There was no logic as to why.
OF INTEREST: When I repaired permissions on the affected partition after installation, BOTH /Users & /Users/Shared had bad permissions, a clear indicator that bad permissions is involved. But repairing those partitions, at least using DiskUtility, did NOT solve the problem. I'm wondering if this permissions problem goes down to the level of ACLs.
Totally wrong. The fix isn't permanent, and the alias fix doesn't work. If anyone had bothered to try it, they would know it doesn't work.
When you go to /Users, a window opens showing the CONTENTS of the Users folder, not the folder itself. When control-click the icon for Users at the top of the Window, you don't get the option to make an alias.
This is also true if you add Users to the Sidebar or the Dock; you don't get an option to make an alias with either of those.
BUT...you can hold down the COMMAND and OPTION keys, and while keeping them held down, drag the Users icon from the top of the window to your Desktop, and an alias will be made there.
Of course, if you then try to move that alias to the root level of your hard drive, you'll get the error message "[t]he item 'Users' can't be replaced because it's invisible."
It sure would be nice if Macrumors and The Loop would check these things before posting them.
New to Macs? Of course you can make an alias after using Go menu.
Why would you write the article making people play with terminal or do a temp fix when you simply need to open finder, click on preferences, then the sidebar tab and select the folders etc you wish to display?
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BTW, i did the combo install. Maybe thats the difference?
To make things even more complicated: I used the COMBO update on two partitions on the same drive. ONE caught the bug. The other did NOT. Then, while trying to troubleshoot the affected partition, a restart caused the unaffected partition to become AFFECTED. Not kidding. Lunacy. I've documented a summary of other odds and ends below.
I agree with repairing permissions before and after an update.
HOWEVER: It did NOT stop this bug in my case. I ended up with one affected partition and one unaffected on the same hard drive. Then I later watched the unaffected partition become affected. There was no logic as to why.
OF INTEREST: When I repaired permissions on the affected partition after installation, BOTH /Users & /Users/Shared had bad permissions, a clear indicator that bad permissions is involved. But repairing those partitions, at least using DiskUtility, did NOT solve the problem. I'm wondering if this permissions problem goes down to the level of ACLs.
HEY APPLE: Your turn! Fix this ASAP please. This is seriously annoying.
Here's my solution...
I created the following script…
#!/bin/sh
chflags nohidden /Users /Users/Shared
chmod 755 /Users
chmod +t /Users/Shared
saved it as “.fix” in my home directory, then in the terminal, set it as an executable and hook it to the login window…
$ chmod 755 .fix
$ sudo defaults write com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook “/Users/mjtomlin/.fix”
This script is run as root by the login system (even of auto-login is on), no need to enter a password to make it work.
My crushingly unsophisticated workaround:
cd
ln -s /Users .
This creates a symlink in my home directory to the invisible directory. Note that I can move this symlink to my Desktop, my Dock, etc.
Note: it appears that iTunes 11.2.1 resolves the missing Users directory issue though, so I can toss my symlink into the Trash now.
I'd expect it to show up under the Go menu with Option key held, if intentional, like the ~Library.
And it's available with Software Update or the link below…
New to Macs? Of course you can make an alias after using Go menu.
And it's available with Software Update or the link below…
And I can confirm it fixes the issue.
I also confirm that the itunes update fix it also in my computers.
Thanks apple. Did anyone know the issue was about? still odd that some computers did not have the HOME file despair!!!
Why would you write the article making people play with terminal or do a temp fix when you simply need to open finder, click on preferences, then the sidebar tab and select the folders etc you wish to display?