MacOS file-locations updates?

[Danika-Dakika]

Do the MacOS "file locations" instructions need some updates or clarifying? I genuinely don't know -- I haven't used a Mac in forever. Notes below.
https://docs.ankiweb.net/files.html#file-locations

Reported at https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/lots-of-frequent-repetition-required/54581/11

¹ I imagine there are users who don’t know what the “~” signifies in a file path.
² I also had problems with the following instruction: “The Library folder is hidden by default, but can be revealed in Finder by holding down the option key while clicking on the Go menu.” I couldn’t make that work, but perhaps I was misunderstanding what I was supposed to do. Personally I tend to press Cmd-shift-period to reveal and later re-hide hidden files.
³ Oh, and finally, the manual gives the path:
~/Library/Application Support/Anki2
but that leaves a little more searching to do. I found my media files at:
~/Library/Application Support/Anki2/User 1/collection.media

Footnotes

1. Is that unusual notation? Or is that like a Windows-user not knowing what C:\ means? ↩

2. Is there a better key-sequence for unhiding files? ↩

3. I think this is already well covered -- "There is also a separate folder for each profile. The folder contains ..." ↩

[abdnh]

I imagine there are users who don’t know what the “~” signifies in a file path.

Maybe /Users/<username> is clearer for non-technical people, but they are supposed to access Library from the Go menu anyway, so probably it doesn't matter (assuming they understood the part about accessing Library).

I also had problems with the following instruction: “The Library folder is hidden by default, but can be revealed in Finder by holding down the option key while clicking on the Go menu.” I couldn’t make that work, but perhaps I was misunderstanding what I was supposed to do. Personally I tend to press Cmd-shift-period to reveal and later re-hide hidden files.

Not a Mac user, but the instructions worked for me last time I tried them. The "Go menu" is the key here. I guess the user missed that part and thought they had to press the shortcut to reveal the folder somewhere inside Finder rather than as an item in its menu. Maybe the instructions can be made clearer.

[GithubAnon0000]

1. Is that unusual notation? Or is that like a Windows-user not knowing what C:\ means? ↩

It's very common. ~/ means home directory, which is the same symbol on linux, android, bsd and mac.

The C:\ is the root directory, not the home directory (no idea what windows uses for that). The other OSs use / as a symbol for root.

3. I think this is already well covered -- "There is also a separate folder for each profile. The folder contains ..." ↩

I think it's well covered as well.