This would only be good if you didn't know to connect it to services for quicker execution than the built in way or needed a different format for the path.
#Mac copy path to a file for free#
I could see making an AppleScript or swift script to do this for free as well if you had a well defined string you wanted to get from the location of a specific file that would be general to all files once you coded it. I also don't have to do multiple clicks and I copy off paths all the time so it's worth the expense to me. Sometimes you need to make a note of the exact path of a file in Windows when, for example, troubleshooting an issue, editing batch scripts, programming, or simply for file management purposes. The benefit of path-copy is that the package uses the path of the tab where the context menu was called, rather than only being able to retrieve the path of the active tab. Open the Tab Context Menu, and select which file path you would like to copy from the Path Copy sub-menu. You can process several files at once, control all sorts of tweaks to how the path is constructed. Quick Tip: Use the Right-Click Menu to Copy a File Path. Folder Path Project Path Relative Path Usage. Hold down the Option key and you’ll see Copy change to Copy name as Pathname. Open Finder and right-click the file or folder to display the context menu. Select the full path next to Where in the Get Info dialog box. That being said, I use Path Snagger 2 and am super happy with it as I can control POSIX/SMB/HFS and file://whatever format for the path that gets copied. Another easy way to obtain a file path on Mac is with the context menu in Finder. I frequently need to copy the path to a file on my Mac or on a server, so that I can include that path in documentation or in a support email with a customer.By design, Apple only shows a path for network share files in the get info pane so you'll need to attach a service to Finder to get this in general (for reasons, I'm sure I'd love to hear over a drink).
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I love the control / option copy as path trick, but can never seem to remember it, so I end up using Finder services menu to let you extend this function.