Problem with displaying file path in Finder's Get Info -> Where

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Problem with displaying file path in Finder's Get Info -> Where

Hi all,

I occasionally need to check some file's location and copy it to the clipboard. I used to use Finder -> Cmd-I then I used to copy the content of "Where" section.

Ever since updating to macOs Mojave, when the format of the path displayed in the "Where" section has changed. Instead of "/" forward slash character now I see "triangle" character.

How to solve this?

Thanks!

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on Oct 12, 2018 4:07 PM

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Answer 1

dialabrain

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Oct 12, 2018 4:26 PM in response to RockyMM

RockyMM wrote:

Truly, that helps. I can even right/control click and with Alt pressed down get "Copy xxx as Pathname".

Still, I am quite curious why the path separator changed in the Finder Info window after Mojave update and how to fix it.

You don't have to hold down the alt/option key.

As far as your curiosity, only Apple knows and no, you can't "fix" it.

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Answer 2

RockyMM Author

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Oct 12, 2018 4:23 PM in response to dialabrain

Truly, that helps. I can even right/control click and with Alt pressed down get "Copy xxx as Pathname".

Still, I am quite curious why the path separator changed in the Finder Info window after Mojave update and how to fix it.

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Answer 3

VikingOSX

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Oct 13, 2018 1:14 AM in response to RockyMM

Yes, the Get Info window's Where showed POSIX paths back in Snow Leopard, perhaps the last sensible operating system. It does not show POSIX paths in El Capitan and later. I don't have access to operating systems from Lion to Yosemite to check where the POSIX path changed.

Do you want to be able to select a Finder item, and just see the scrollable, POSIX path without any copying of the Pathname to the clipboard?