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Now, onto retrieving the pathname itself, instead of having to type it all out manually once you have discovered the file/folder location.

This feature also works in the Finder: Option 2 – to discover the location of a file or folder:ĬOMMAND-CLICK the NAME of the document/folder in the Finder window: I now know WHERE my file is, and I can even traverse back through this path by selecting any of the parents folders within this pathname. (Works with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Pages, Numbers, Keynote etc):Īs you can see, my ‘RussDoc’ file is located at the following path: /Users/ladmin/Documents/Amsys/Training/El Capitan/New Features/Blog info/ Below is an example whilst working in a text file within the TextEdit app, but this works in almost all apps in OS X. Whilst working on a document, COMMAND-CLICK the NAME of the document in the document window. Option 1 – to discover the location of a file: I find that many Mac users are not aware of the very simple ways to find out the location of an item. Some of the existing options for finding out WHERE an item are stored are worth reviewing first before I announce the new hidden pathname feature.

But being able to easily grab the pathname to an item to document this location or perhaps even enter this pathname into apps such as Terminal to execute a command on a given path has not always been so easy. Here’s a rather useful techy one.įor a while now in OS X, there have been plenty of ways to find out WHERE on your computer a file or folder is stored. Now that OS X El Capitan (OS X 10.11) has been out for a little while, I have managed to stumble across some of those cheeky hidden features (AKA Easter Eggs) that Apple love to slip into an OS update.