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Showing enclosing directory name is easy for local files reached by using shell in terminal app.
Not so easy for icloud files. If I select a file from "Recents ..." list in finder, then if I could show the
name of the enclosing dir without having to open the file, that would be great. But I cannot. If
the opening app provides access to the file info, that might work but each app would inevitably be different.
MacBook Pro 15″
In the Finder, if you hold Command down when looking at the > Recent Items menu, the menu items will change to "Show whatever in Finder".
You can then do a Command-<click> on the title of the Finder window, to reveal whether the file was in one of your local directories, or was on iCloud Drive.
In the Finder, if you hold Command down when looking at the > Recent Items menu, the menu items will change to "Show whatever in Finder".
You can then do a Command-<click> on the title of the Finder window, to reveal whether the file was in one of your local directories, or was on iCloud Drive.
In the Finder View menu, select Show Path Bar. When you open a Finder Window and click on any file its Path will be shown at the bottom of that Finder window. Here is an example of a folder and a document located on iCloud Drive:
Each of those entities in the Path is clickable to access it or its contents and the enclosing folder is evident.
macos finder: show enclosing directory name of file.
