Where is my m2 folder on Mac OS X Mavericks

If you have used brew to install maven, create .m2 directory and then copy settings.xml in .m2 directory.

mkdir ~/.m2
cp /usr/local/Cellar/maven32/3.2.5/libexec/conf/settings.xml ~/.m2

You may need to change the maven version in the path, mine is 3.2.5

On the top of the screen you can find the Finder. Click Go -> Go to Folder -> search ~/.m2

If it is not found, as m2 is a hidden file you need to enable visibility by typing the following command in terminal:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

Go to finder:

Press on keyboard CMD+shift+G . it will show u a popup like this

Enter path ~/.m2

press enter.

It's in your home folder but it's hidden by default.

Typing the below commands in the terminal made it visible for me (only the .m2 folder that is, not all the other hidden folders).

> mv ~/.m2 ~/m2
> ln -s ~/m2 ~/.m2         

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