Seems with the 10.9.3 update Apple is hiding the Users folder. I believe Apple had done this by design, but it also could be a bug. I don't see any harm in it as users couldn't see other users files anyway. The only harm is maybe to people who use the "Shared User" folder. Regardless, I wanted to let you all know.
If you want to change it back here is a fix below.
To ensure the visibility of the /Users folder after restarts, you can create an AppleScript applet, and set it to run when you log in to your Mac. Use the following code:
tell application "Terminal"
do shell script "chflags nohidden /Users" password "yourpassword" with administrator privileges
end tell
Replace “your password” with your user password. Save this as an application, and add it to your login items in System Preferences > Accounts.
I'm not seeing /Users hidden on the system I updated last night.
Anyone else?
is this for non-admin users only? I see my /Users dir.
Maybe...
There are more than a few folks over on the MacEnterprise list saying that this did not happen to them and the /Users folder is still visible. Worth keeping an eye out for though.
I've updated a few test machines and am not seeing /Users hidden on any of them.
I have yet to see this on any systems that I own, however I have also seen reports of this happening. I am wondering if this was some soft of bug.
I am going to run a bunch of tests today. Some updates through App Store some through combo update.
I will test a few with AD Binding, Centrify Binding, and no binding.
I will report the results.
Did NOT happen on my work iMac.
But it DID happen on my home iMac.
I had one machine that had /Users and /Users/Shared hidden and /Users was also set to 777.
Someone in our London office spoke to Apple, they said they are unaware of any change and have not received calls. I will hopefully get some testing done today.
The Users hidden issue affects my MBP. Though most of our end users won't notice, we will hold off on deploy 10.9.3 until an official fix.
With all the Mavericks issues, we are certainly not going to rush into 10.10 when it is released late this year or next.
I've only installed it on one Mac, by downloading and installing the standalone Combo Updater, and I didn't see the /Users folder become hidden. I have to believe this is a bug, because it actually doesn't make much sense to hide that. I get hiding the user level Library folder, but not /Users. What would be the reason for that exactly?
I have one laptop (MBP) running the 10.9.3 pre-release and the /Users folder was not hidden. Updated and the /Users folder remained visible.
I also had one other laptop (MBA) that was updated from OS X 10.8.5 to 10.9 through the App Store. Ran the update and the /Users folder remained visible as well.
We've just begun testing 10.9.3 and have NOT see this as of yet. This is less than 6 units (MBA/MBP/IMAC). Will post if we see anything.
4 Macs updated using the Mac App Store Software updates from 10.9.2 to 10.9.3.
2 have the issue and 2 do not.
Seems like some sort of bug.
Hmm, similar to the issue with one of their OS updates - which one was it? 10.8.5? - that was making the mach_kernel file visible after installation. Apple's getting kind of sloppy I think.
Looks like this is tied to Find my Mac being turned on.
https://twitter.com/mikeymikey/status/467337054968246272
@daz_dar - Do you have Find My Mac on the two that were affected? Seems odd that would be the issue.
The one machine that had /Users and /Users/Shared hidden had Find My Mac turned on. The other two machines that did not have the issue did not.
Did NOT happen to my machines
I upgraded a MacBook Pro and Mac Pro using the combo updater and the MacBook Pro experienced the issue. If i look at the iCloud System Preference neither are logged into iCloud. But it is possible that I did at one point have my MacBook Pro linked to my iCloud account.
I can confirm that I had Find My Mac enabled on the one machine that had the /Users folder hidden. It was disabled on the one that kept the /Users folder visible.
The two laptops I upgraded included both the OS X 10.9.3 update and iTunes 11.2, but neither had the Find my Mac feature enabled, as Allen had noted.
MacObserver posted that it's related to the iTunes 11.2 update and not OS X 10.9.3
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/hidden-users-folder-result-of-itunes-11.2-and-find-my-mac-combination-not-1
It looks like Apple pulled the initial iTunes 11.2 update. I just checked my reposado server and the version I downloaded last night was deprecated.
Update: The new version does not resolve this issue.
I wonder if this fiasco is due to the public being asked to participate in the 10.9.3 seed? Non-technical public folks don't really know what to test or what to look for.
That, or WiPro/InfoSys (the two offshore companies that Apple have been farming out patch development to in the past few years) simply did not do adequate UAT. ;)
http://goo.gl/dGQHQx
It looks like this issue has been tied to two causes:
- iTunes 11.2 being installed
- iCloud's Find My Mac being enabled.
I've got a post on the issue and what currently fixes it available here:
http://derflounder.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/users-folder-being-hidden-with-itunes-11-2-installed-and-find-my-mac-enabled/
