Minecraft Folder Not In Library Mac

A screenshot taken in-game, using F1 to hide the heads-up display.

Not to be confused with Snapshot.

Mar 29, 2019 How to Find the Library Folder on a Mac. This wikiHow teaches you how to force your Mac's user 'Library' folder to show up in the Finder window. While the 'Library' folder is hidden by default, you can prompt it to appear both temporarily.

Screenshots are images taken in-game by pressing the (by default) F2 key or Fn+F2 for Macs and some other keyboards. Screenshots are automatically saved in the 'screenshots' folder within the .minecraft directory.

Like other control keys in Minecraft, the screenshot key can be customized (in 'Options.. Controls... Miscellaneous'), so look there if the default key does nothing.

Timestamping system[edit]

Before going ahead with the steps to Access the Hidden Library Folder on your Mac, you need to be aware that /Library Folder contains important Data and Files related to Mac User Accounts. Hence, make sure that you are accessing the Library Folder for a good reason and you do know as to what you are trying to achieve.
Jul 27, 2013 Question: Q: Finder not showing user library folder When I open Finder on my iMac, then click on my user name in the sidebar, I am not seeing the Library folder for my user name. I need to modify some of the application support folders for specific applications, but I.
Dec 12, 2016 If you don’t need to constantly show the /Library folder on the Mac, you can just access it when needed by using the “Go” menu: From the Finder of Mac OS, pull down the “Go” menu and hold down the SHIFT key Choose “Library” from the drop down list.

Screenshots are saved as .png files with a naming format based on the current date and time: YYYY-MM-DD_HH.MM.SS.png. For example, a screenshot taken on April 10, 2020, at 1:22:14 am gets named '2020-04-10_01.22.14.png'. If multiple screenshots are saved within the same second, a revision number is appended to the file name (e.g., '2020-04-10_01.22.14_1.png' is the second screenshot taken at that time).

Screenshot options[edit]

It is possible to change what features are included in the screenshot by pressing control keys. By default, the screenshots look exactly like the screen during regular gameplay.

Control Key	Function
`F1`	Hides heads-up display elements such as the health bar, hunger bar, experience bar, and any held items. In multiplayer it also hides the server chat and player nametags.
`F3`	Displays the debug screen. This shows coordinates, entity count, and other various things. Press `⇧ Shift`+`F3` to pull up debug screen with debugging charts.

Storage[edit]

On Windows, screenshots are saved in the .minecraftscreenshots inside the AppData/Roaming folder. This folder can be obtained by typing %appdata%.minecraftscreenshots into the File Explorer address bar.

For the Windows 10 version of Bedrock Edition, press ⊞ Win+G to open the game settings overlay. Under Game Capturing, click the camera button to take a screenshot. A notification then appears showing where the screenshot was saved. The default screenshot save folder is C:Users<username>VideosCaptures.

On macOS, screenshots are stored in ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/screenshots, and on Linux they are stored in ~/.minecraft/screenshots.

The screenshots folder can also be accessed by going to 'Resource Packs' in the settings menu, clicking on 'Open resource pack folder', and going up one level.

Video[edit]

History[edit]

Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0	?	The screenshot function was implemented. Originally `F1` had to be held down when taking screenshots.
Java Edition Beta
1.2		Screenshots can be taken using the `F2` key without having to first hold down the `F1` key.
1.2_02		Pressing `⇧ Shift`+`F2` would call an unfinished experimental screenshot function that attempted to generate a huge 645 megapixel TGA image with a resolution of 36,450×17,700 pixels.^[1] Pressing this key combination would cause the client to either freeze for a while, displaying several clipped tiles of the current view, or crash, depending on the amount of available RAM. During this time, it would attempt to generate a file of 1.8 GB in size that may end up corrupt.
1.5		The screenshot bug was fixed.
Java Edition
1.6.1	?	The ability to choose a custom path to save the Minecraft data folder was added.

References[edit]

↑'I just realized shift+F2 will generate an almost 2 gb large screenshot in 1.2_02.' – @notch, January 21, 2011

Versions

Demo
PC Gamer Demo (Beta 1.3)

Development

Version history	Classic

Mentioned features

Technical

Known bugs
Hardware
Commands
Data values

.minecraft

Legacy development resources
Development resources	Structure block file format

Multiplayer

Game customization

Where Is The Minecraft Folder

Retrieved from 'https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/index.php?title=Screenshot&oldid=1530200'

This article is about the folder in Java Edition. For the folder in Bedrock Edition, see com.mojang.

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

.minecraft (or simply minecraft in macOS) is the folder Minecraft creates to run from. This folder includes the .jar files, sound, music, resource packs, personal options, worlds, etc.

Locating .minecraft[edit]

Locating the .minecraft folder can be vital for installing a resource pack, or to locate any made screenshots.

Below is a table showing the default directory for .minecraft.

OS	Location
Windows	`%APPDATA%.minecraft`
macOS	`~/Library/Application Support/minecraft`
Linux	`~/.minecraft`

The Windows location in the table above is just the default case. Launchers can set the .minecraft at any path.

If you're a Windows user and are unfamiliar with how to find your appdata folder, follow these steps:

Minecraft World Folder Mac

Click Start → Run. If you don't see 'Run', press ⊞ Windows+R.
Type %APPDATA%.minecraft and click 'OK'.

If you're a Mac user, you can open the folder through Spotlight: