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How to unhide the /Users folder while in Recovery Mode in OSX

I'm trying to access some files in my home directory on my macbook, using the terminal on recovery mode. In a normal boot, I can do:

sudo chflags nohidden /Users

to unhide the Users folder, but this is not working on recovery mode. I've tried this:

diskutil list

but no encrypted and/or offline Volumes appear. Does someone know how can I access my files?

Solution

  • Ok, so I just needed to mount the partition from Disk Utility, using File->Mount with the correct partition selected. After that, I can access my data.