Is there an easy way to open a terminal at the current directory in Finder? (solution)

Looking for a solution to Is there an easy way to open a terminal at the current directory in Finder? lead me to discover that showing the path in Finder via cmd+opt+p allows you to then select "New Terminal at Folder" in the current or any parent directory you select.


I was getting annoyed of continually hunting for a directory and then navigate back to where I wanted to be in the terminal. Hope this helps others.

Mac mini, macOS 15.6

Posted on Aug 7, 2025 5:51 AM

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Posted on Aug 7, 2025 6:05 AM

Even without the Finder Show Path enabled, one can select a folder in the Finder Window, right-click to select Services on the secondary menu, and from the Services menu, choose New Terminal in Folder.

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Aug 7, 2025 7:09 AM in response to Brunchy

Brunchy wrote:

Looking for a solution to Is there an easy way to open a terminal at the current directory in Finder? lead me to discover that showing the path in Finder via cmd+opt+p allows you to then select "New Terminal at Folder" in the current or any parent directory you select.

I was getting annoyed of continually hunting for a directory and then navigate back to where I wanted to be in the terminal. Hope this helps others.


Interesting... don't you have to click holding the Control key...(?)


Seem this part is missing in your post







Aug 7, 2025 7:16 AM in response to Brunchy

The Finder path, expressed at the bottom of a Finder Window via Show Path is the visual representation of an HFS filesystem path. As macOS is a UNIX operating system, the Terminal command line does not reveal the Finder path, or the UNIX (POSIX) filesystem path. It will only show the current folder location. That is what you see when you select a folder in the Finder Window and choose one of the methods I shared earlier to open a Terminal window on that folder location.


If you want to see the full UNIX filesystem path once you have the Terminal window open on that previously selected folder, you can enter the following command at the Terminal command prompt:

echo $PWD


and that will reflect the full UNIX path of the current working directory.

Aug 7, 2025 7:43 AM in response to VikingOSX

VikingOSX wrote:

If you wanted to keep track of the path to the folder once in the Terminal, you can configure that into the Terminal prompt (as I have done). I can share that if you are interested.

Appreciated, but I'm good. Ideally I would have responded to the original post, but it is now locked. I just needed a terminal in the current Finder directory and that requirement has now been satisfied.

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