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When searching in Spotlight, when I press the cmd key it only shows me a small part (the end) of the file path for any item that I search. The much abbreviated path that it reveals is usually not enough to enable me to locate the file. How can I see a full path when performing a search?
iMac, OS X 10.11
The ⌘ key in Spotlight will show the Apple HFS path to the document punctuated as: Startup-Drive • Users • yourname • Desktop • filename. There is no provision in Spotlight to show the POSIX (UNIX) path as /Users/yourname/Desktop/filename.ext.
Pressing ⌘R will open a Finder window with the specific file preselected.
The ⌘ key in Spotlight will show the Apple HFS path to the document punctuated as: Startup-Drive • Users • yourname • Desktop • filename. There is no provision in Spotlight to show the POSIX (UNIX) path as /Users/yourname/Desktop/filename.ext.
Pressing ⌘R will open a Finder window with the specific file preselected.
Or you could save this AppleScript as a script or application on your Desktop, and once you have selected something in the Finder, just double-click the script to bring up the Show Info panel:
tell application "Finder"
if exists (selection as alias list) then
tell application "System Events"
activate
tell application process "Finder"
activate
set frontmost to true
keystroke "i" using {option down, command down}
end tell
end tell
end if
end tell
return
Command I will open the Finder Get Info window for the file and that has the full path. Unfortunately it seems to open behind any other open windows.
Try ⌥⌘i instead. Won't scoot under anything, and appears in the right, third of the screen.
VikingOSX wrote:
Try ⌥⌘i instead. Won't scoot under anything, and appears in the right, third of the screen.
Good idea -- but not sure my memory is capable of 3 keys!
Can Spotlight show me a full file path?
