Make Finder Show File Path in Lion

Jaygray · Aug 3, 2011

In Snow Leopard, the bottom of the Finder window used to show the path of the currently highlighted file. Has anyone figured out if there is a way to enable this feature in Lion? I used to use it a lot and haven't figured out an alternative that is nearly as convenient...

Dysfunction · Aug 3, 2011

Hrm I do

defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool YES && killall Finder

at least in snow leopard. Haven't tried it in Lion. It shows the full path in the title bar as such.

Screen shot 2011-08-03 at 7.28.44 PM.png

dtravis7 · Aug 3, 2011

Finder, View, Show Path Bar.

Look at Screenshot.

Screen Shot 2011-08-03 at 8.27.56 PM.png

PatM · Aug 4, 2011

dtravis7 said:
Finder, View, Show Path Bar.

Look at Screenshot.

Yes, a much simpler and safer way to go about it. Thanks

Jaygray · Aug 4, 2011

dtravis7 said:
Finder, View, Show Path Bar.

Look at Screenshot.

Geez! How'd I miss that? Thanks!

bobtomay · Aug 4, 2011

Jaygray said:
Geez! How'd I miss that? Thanks!

You're catching up with us old senile folks. ;D

toMACsh · Aug 4, 2011

Jaygray said:
Geez! How'd I miss that? Thanks!

I dunno. Been that way at least since Leopard.

steph4stuart · Jan 29, 2012

Screenshot decoded

If you can't see the screenshot, the solution is to switch the view to icons. The path then appears in the bar at the bottom of the window.

cradom · Jan 30, 2012

Nope, works in columns too.

steph4stuart · Jan 30, 2012

Show Path Bar

My mistake. The screenshot actually shows selecting "Show Path Bar" from the View menu.

Hope this is helpful to at least some!