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How to tell full path of file on Mac?
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Mar 15, 2026346573 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have a text file opened up in TextEdit, and I can't seem to figure out the full path of the file. Also, if I search for the file in spotlight, it doesn't seem to tell me the full path of the file either. I'm clearly missing something here. How to tell the full path?
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You can the icon and file name in a window's title bar to reveal the full path as a menu: 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 wind…
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