Finding The Folder Path 6

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Finding The Folder Path

Hey

This will just be a quick tip today since I have a lot of work on. Coursework + Exams leaves you with hardly any free time. Anyway this is just a simple tip to help you find the path of the folder you are in.

The quickest way to find the path is Command + Click on the title in the Finder window. This will show you the path of the Finder window you are in.


Alternatively you can right click on the toolbar, select customize from the list and drag the Path icon onto the Finder window. It will achieve the same thing.


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6 Responses to “Finding The Folder Path”

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    Handy hint: The command-click also works with many other document-based applications. Preview and TextEdit I know work – just open a document and command-click on the window title, same as you described here.

    Programs which aren’t based around documents – Disk Utility for example – won’t generally work with this (what would it show?) and programs that aren’t very “native” OS X like Firefox also don’t work. Not sure exactly what definition of “native” I’m using here – probably only Cocoa apps have the ability to do it easily?

    Best of luck with your exams!

    r

    Comment By ATMac on April 27th, at 5:23 am

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    Hi! Thanks for your post.

    Sometimes I need to get the whole path to some file or folder, in text format (like: /Users/someone/anotherFolder/someFile.rtf). Is there a quick way on MAC OS, to get this string from Finder?

    Comment By Rodrigo Rebouças on May 4th, at 7:05 pm

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    I’m not 100% that you can do it your way, but you can display the path in the title bar using “defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool YES” with out quotes in terminal.

    Comment By James Powell on May 4th, at 9:51 pm

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    You can drag the file/folder into Spotlight to get the path in text format.

    http://www.macyourself.com/2009/04/01/copy-the-path-to-a-file-or-folder-using-spotlights-search-box/

    Comment By cisnky on September 20th, at 10:39 am

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    thanks for the tips :)

    Comment By ken the tech on December 17th, at 9:08 pm

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    Simply type this into Terminal

    defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool YES

    Make sure you switch “YES” with “NO” without the quotes. It’s as simple as that.

    Comment By Lance on November 12th, at 11:44 pm

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