You can assign a keyboard shortcut in System Preferences » Keyboard » Keyboard Shortcuts » ServicesĪ file's path is also displayed in its details dialog in the General category, from where it can be selected and copied:Ī selected file's path is also displayed in the Finder's path bar, which you can enable from View » Show Path Bar. Just select a file or folder in Finder or any other program that works in a similar way and invoke your new service from the Application Menu » Services » Copy File or Folder path (it will only show up if you actually have files or folders selected). Launch Automator, select Service, and that it receives selected files and folders in any application.
You can also use Automator to create a Service that copies a selected file or folder's path to the clipboard. Simple text editing fields (like text areas on web sites), or Text Edit's plain text view behave in a similar way: Just drag & drop the file onto them. From there, you can then copy and paste it.
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If you really want the full path to a file in a copyable form, you can drag and drop the file or its proxy icon onto a Terminal window. You almost never need this path: Due to the lack of an address bar in Finder, where would you paste it? You can just drag the file proxy (the icon) from a window's title bar into an Open… file dialog to select it e.g. You can Command-Click the icon and file name in a window's title bar to reveal the full path as a menu:
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