I always struggled with finding the path to a file on my mac as the Get info panel won’t let you copy the path. But today I found a really good tip in a forum called Mac OS X Hints:
1. Click on the file or folder you want the path for
2. Click on ‘Finder’ in the menu bar
3. ‘Services’
4. ‘TextEdit’
5. ‘New Window containing Selection’
A TextEdit window opens with the text (hyperlink) of the path, e.g. /Users/Jim/Music/file.mp3
Really useful!!
Thanks to jhaslam for great tips!
DM
January 13, 2010
Actually, there is a much easier way. Click and hold the file. While you still have it selected, do Command+Space to show the Spotlight menu. Drag the file into the Spotlight field and release. The file’s pathway is in Spotlight’s search field. Simple!
Ingjerd Jevnaker
January 13, 2010
Hey,
Actually, that was the first thing I tried and it did not work for some reason. Finder would not let me drag the file into the spotlight field. Weird. Which OS version are you on?
Thanks for the tip though!
Maloy
May 2, 2011
You should drag a file and do Cmd+Space and you have spotlight to drag a file. It is not very easy but I think rather useful
Jerry Simpson
November 5, 2011
What if I cannot find the document itself? I am now perusing a pdf which is (fortunately) still listed in the Recent Items submenu–that is the only way I can open it, via the Recent Items list. I cannot otherwise find the damn thing in my computer. When I have it open, I tried Command-click on its icon. No results….
Wvall
November 27, 2011
My problem is not to find the path to a file (the finder is a handy thing) but rather to find the file to a path, any suggestions for that one?
Andrew
December 10, 2011
Hey Wvall
Indeed there is a way you can find the file easily, when the path is giving (in an online forum for example). Just copy the path and “paste it” with clickto, a handy little tool, which will direct you the file the path indicated (of course the path has to be correct)
Here is the link: http://www.clicktoapp.com