MacOS – How to make the hard drive visible in the Finder

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On OS X Lion I don't see the hard drive in the Finder and I seem to have no permission to create a folder under / from terminal.

I know I can do this if I activate the root user, but I need to be able to see the directories I have created under / in the Finder.

How can I be able to make my main hard drive visible in the Finder?

Best Answer

  1. While in the Finder, go to the "Finder" menu and select "Preferences".
  2. From the "General" tab, place a check next to "Hard disks" -- this will make your hard drive visible on the Desktop.
  3. From the "Sidebar" tab under "Devices" again place a check next to "Hard disks" -- this will put your hard drive in the sidebar of any finder window, and should also add it to "Open", "Save", and "Save As..." dialog sheets (as well as others)

If you are an administrator on the computer you should have no trouble adding files and folders to the root directory (/)

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