Finder equivalent of Windows Explorer's (not IE) address bar

Check under the Go menu in the finder. You'll find the following selections:

Go To Folder...
Connect To Server...

(click/hold, right-click, or control + click) on the Finder icon in the dock will also bring them up.

Keyboard shortcuts are available for each as well.

windows address bar???

what exactly do you want in the finder?

Do you mean the Path Bar? in the finder, go to View - > Show Path Bar

what's the address you're trying to go to?

if it's one you use often you can drag the folder over the to sidebar to the left to easily access it in the future also...

another option if it's a local file/folder is to just use the search bar on the top right. you wouldn't even have to type out the full path...

i guess it all depends on if you're trying to go to local files/folder or networked ones.

Message was edited by: BrianH

I think I know what you're asking (switched from PCs in 2003). As far as I know there's no direct equivalent.

You can see a breadcrumb version of the path, but you can't type into it, or you can hit Shift-Command-G to type a path, but it's not visible all the time.

I've tried Path Finder before, but I don't think that even has what you're looking for. I don't think there's really an equivalent on the mac for things like that, since Finder was originally totally spatial in nature and has always tended more towards graphical solutions than text-based ones. In OS X they made it more browser-ish (to the dismay of many), but with one foot still firmly in the spatial world (to the dismay of others).

I don't it's possible to do exactly what you're asking to do (although I admit, I'm not an Apple Genious™, but I am a thinker)

Message was edited by: Tyler Dykstra1

Did You know that once you add a server/share/folder from the 'Connect to Server' menu you can add it as a favorite?

I connect to several shared folder and drives on the network. It's not exactly as it is in Windows, but it's still easy...

Yeah the Finder and Win Exp are 2 totally different ideas around it.

There is a way to get something similar to type in a server name. If you hit the command-k in the finder, it will bring up a "connect to server" dialog box. You can type in your SMB share URL, but remember that windows uses backslashes "\" and mac uses forward slashes "/" so you would type "smb://fileserver/sharename" to connect to your share. It will ask you to authenticate, allowing you to save your username and password for the share in your keychain.

Hope this is closer to what you were looking for.

-Cameron