Mac OS X 10.9.3 Update Bug - Fix Missing User Directory in Finder and Apps

A bug with the recent OS X 10.9.3 update causes the Users folder to no longer be available in Finder and some apps. There are a few ways to fix this, but the simplest one that persists after reboot is to create an AppleScript and have it load on login.

AppleScript:

tell application "Terminal"
    do shell script "chflags nohidden /Users" password "yourLoginPassword" with administrator privileges
end tell

This video will walk you through a couple fixes including a very simple fix that will work after you reboot.

The more complicated fix that I briefly showed in the video is to:

start your computer with Alt + CMD + P + R in order to do a PRAM reset.
Then start your computer with CMD + R for recovery partition boot
Launch Disk Utility and repair permissions. Quit Disk Utility and open Terminal (Utilities -> Terminal) and type :
cd /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD (or the name of your partition)
chmod 755 Users
chmod 755 Users/Shared
chflags nohidden Users
chflags nohidden Users/Shared

A method I don't recommend for now.

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