Finder on Nicola Iarocci https://nicolaiarocci.com/tags/finder/ Recent content in Finder on Nicola Iarocci Hugo -- 0.143.1 en Produced / Written / Maintained by Nicola Iarocci since 2010 Mon, 04 Apr 2022 07:05:25 +0100 How to copy a file's path in macOS Finder https://nicolaiarocci.com/how-to-copy-a-files-path-in-macos-finder/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 07:05:25 +0100 https://nicolaiarocci.com/how-to-copy-a-files-path-in-macos-finder/ <p>No matter how long I&rsquo;ve possessed a Mac and how hard I try, there will always be a helpful keyboard shortcut hidden somewhere that I don&rsquo;t know about.</p> <p>Today I learned about holding the <code>Option</code> key while clicking on the Copy command in Finder. It activates the super-useful (and super-secret) &ldquo;copy as pathname&rdquo; feature.</p> <p><img alt="Credits: Jamie Smith" loading="lazy" src="https://nicolaiarocci.com/images/finder-menu-option.gif"></p> <p>I spotted this trick on <a href="https://www.jamieonkeys.dev/posts/keyboard-shortcuts/">Jamie Smith&rsquo;s website</a>, where other handy shortcuts (and the pretty gif above) reside.</p> No matter how long I’ve possessed a Mac and how hard I try, there will always be a helpful keyboard shortcut hidden somewhere that I don’t know about.

Today I learned about holding the Option key while clicking on the Copy command in Finder. It activates the super-useful (and super-secret) “copy as pathname” feature.

Credits: Jamie Smith

I spotted this trick on Jamie Smith’s website, where other handy shortcuts (and the pretty gif above) reside.

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