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Quote from The_Grizzly_B

sorry im on a mac

all my files on my minecraft files and folders on my computer are gone but I can't seems to fix the solution

Spotlight will not find the folder as it does not look in Libraries. The link in 'Options' screen of Minecraft.app to find minecraft folder doesn't work. Try one of these ways instead.

The complete path to the folder 'minecraft' is
<Startvolume>/Users/<You>/Library/Application Support/minecraft
This is often abbreviated as
~/Library/Application Support/minecraft

• Use Finder's 'Go' menu, there's an entry 'Library'. Since Lion you have to press option ('alt', ⌥) for the entry to appear.
• Use Finder's 'Go to folder...' command (⇧⌘G) and copy / paste the abbreviation line above.
• Snapshot 12w24a enables the 'Open texture pack folder' in 'Texture Packs' screen. Navigate from there to /bin, /saves etc.
• Apple chose to hide the user's Library since Lion, to unhide it type in Terminal
chflags nohidden ~/Library To make things worse, the home folder is not in the sidebar by default, you can change this in 'Finder > Preferences > Sidebar > Favorites'. While you're at it, you may wish to add your start volume, too ('Finder > Preferences > Sidebar > Devices > Hard disks').

Note: every 'minus' in front of /Library is in fact a tilde ~ (⌥N) and refers to your home folder, the entry 'Home' (⇧⌘H) in Finder's 'Go' menu takes you there.
There are other Library folders in Mac OS X, at least three (3) in total. If Minecraft works and you don't see a /minecraft in /Application Support, you're definitely looking at one of the two other Libraries. Learn more about Mac OS X's domain system - scroll down a bit to Domains and The Second Level.
For the few of you who did read this paragraph, there's a reward: a simple script (Intel only) that does some basic tasks, like opening the /minecraft folder.