First off, I'm a PC player helping a buddy who just got Minecraft. He has a Mac with Sierra OS.
Basically, he can install Minecraft and Forge without a problem. When he attempts to locate the minecraft folder in /Users/yourusernamehere/Library/Application Support/ to create a mods folder inside to place the mods, we cannot find it at all.
We have tried for hours to figure out where the heck his minecraft folder is. He has been able to unhide the Library in his user profile, and has done the ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft search to attempt to locate his minecraft folder, it doesn't show up. When he launches the game, he has been able to push the folder button in the launch options next to his Game directory listing and the minecraft folder pops up, but he cannot interact with it to put a mods folder in there. When he pushes the green arrow it tells him the directory does not exist.
Any help locating this rogue minecraft folder or a means of putting the mods inside is appreciated.
Make a new folder to use as the install folder for MC, instead of the default install folder location.
If Forge installed correctly, create a Profile with Forge and make a world (no mods yet). Forge will then create additional folders to use for modding (like the mods folder).
Could you explain how to do that? Create a "minecraft" folder inside his /Users/yourusernamehere/Library/Application Support/ and somehow point the download there?
Edit to above edit: Forge definitely loads and installs correctly, we just can't find where it is. All our research for Mac OS indicates that a mods folder isn't actually auto-generated like it is for PC, he has to manually create one inside the minecraft folder. We can't find the minecraft folder to create the mods folder within.
Could you explain how to do that? Create a "minecraft" folder inside his /Users/yourusernamehere/Library/Application Support/ and somehow point the download there?
Edit to above edit: Forge definitely loads and installs correctly, we just can't find where it is. All our research for Mac OS indicates that a mods folder isn't actually auto-generated like it is for PC, he has to manually create one inside the minecraft folder. We can't find the minecraft folder to create the mods folder within.
Sorry for the late reply.
I'm not a Mac user, but in Windows, I open File Explorer, click on the hard drive (C:), right click, select Create Folder, name it.
Use whatever procedure for the Mac.
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"We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far."
First off, I'm a PC player helping a buddy who just got Minecraft. He has a Mac with Sierra OS.
Basically, he can install Minecraft and Forge without a problem. When he attempts to locate the minecraft folder in /Users/yourusernamehere/Library/Application Support/ to create a mods folder inside to place the mods, we cannot find it at all.
We have tried for hours to figure out where the heck his minecraft folder is. He has been able to unhide the Library in his user profile, and has done the ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft search to attempt to locate his minecraft folder, it doesn't show up. When he launches the game, he has been able to push the folder button in the launch options next to his Game directory listing and the minecraft folder pops up, but he cannot interact with it to put a mods folder in there. When he pushes the green arrow it tells him the directory does not exist.
Any help locating this rogue minecraft folder or a means of putting the mods inside is appreciated.
Make a new folder to use as the install folder for MC, instead of the default install folder location.
If Forge installed correctly, create a Profile with Forge and make a world (no mods yet). Forge will then create additional folders to use for modding (like the mods folder).
"We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far."
Could you explain how to do that? Create a "minecraft" folder inside his /Users/yourusernamehere/Library/Application Support/ and somehow point the download there?
Edit to above edit: Forge definitely loads and installs correctly, we just can't find where it is. All our research for Mac OS indicates that a mods folder isn't actually auto-generated like it is for PC, he has to manually create one inside the minecraft folder. We can't find the minecraft folder to create the mods folder within.
Sorry for the late reply.
I'm not a Mac user, but in Windows, I open File Explorer, click on the hard drive (C:), right click, select Create Folder, name it.
Use whatever procedure for the Mac.
"We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far."