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.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 |
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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:
- Dec 12, 2016 The User Library folder is hidden by default in MacOS Catalina, MacOS Mojave, macOS High Sierra, and macOS Sierra, but some advanced users may wish to show and access the /Library/ folder, which contains preference files, caches, and application support data.
- By Dan Frakes, Macworld Inside your home folder is a Library folder —commonly written in Unix syntax as /Library, which means “a folder named Library at the root level of your home folder.”.
- Jan 12, 2020 The Library folder contains many of the resources that installed applications need to use, including application preferences, application support documents, plug-in folders, and ever since OS X Lion, the files that describe the saved state of applications. In recent versions of its operating system, your Mac has been hiding the Library folder.
Use Finder's 'Go to folder.' Command (⇧+⌘+G) and copy / paste /Library/Application Support/minecraft Snapshot 12w24a enables the 'Open texture pack folder' in 'Texture Packs' screen. Navigate from there to /bin, /saves etc. If you look an that bar, you will find the 'Go' button, click it and then click 'Go to folder', located at the bottom. Type /Library and then click go, or hit the enter key on your keyboard.
- Click Start → Run. If you don't see 'Run', press ⊞ Windows+R.
- Type
%APPDATA%.minecraft
and click 'OK'.
No Library Folder On Mac
If you're a Mac user, you can open the folder through Spotlight:
- Press ⌘ Command+Space or open the Spotlight popup through the magnifying glass icon in the right of the Menu Bar.
- Type
~/Library/Application Support/minecraft
and hit ↵ Enter.
On Linux or macOS, the
~
in the path refers to the home directory. Folders starting with a .
are hidden by default. In most file managers, hitting Ctrl + H toggles their hidden status..minecraft file hierarchy[edit]
Use of a resource pack can be forced by naming its zip file to
resources.zip
and placing it in the root folder of the world save.[1] This feature is single-player only;[2] however, there is another way for servers to ask clients if they want to use the server resource pack.History[edit]
Java Edition Infdev | |||||
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June 29, 2010 | Added level.dat_old | ||||
Java Edition Alpha | |||||
v1.0.13 | Added session.lock | ||||
Java Edition | |||||
1.13 | 17w43a | Removed structure data. | |||
Added datapacks folder. | |||||
1.14 | 18w47a | Added raids.dat | |||
19w13a | Removed villages.dat and added poi region files. |
Unhide Library Folder Mac
References[edit]
- ↑https://www.mojang.com/2014/02/minecraft-snapshot-14w07a/
- ↑MC-73716
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