Launch Automator from your Mac’s Applications folder.

Copy the path to OS X’s clipboard so it can be pasted in any application.

Set up a keyboard shortcut for quick & easy access.

Integrate with Finder so this feels like a real, native solution.Require no third party software or plugins to accomplish our goal.Support the selection of multiple files and folders at a time.Let’s take that a few steps further and say we want to: Obviously we want to copy a file path or folder path from Finder and paste it somewhere else for reference. So what do we do? We take matters into our own hands, of course! Let’s come up with our own solution – and let’s make it awesome.īefore we get started, we should establish some goals. Even MacYourself’s clever workaround from 2009 doesn’t work anymore in OS X 10.7 Lion. There are a bunch of third party utilities and convoluted workarounds to get this functionality, but let’s be honest – they’re all pretty terrible. Mac users have long complained that there’s no easy way to copy the location of a file or folder on their computer and paste it in a document, email, internet browser, etc. After just a few steps you will be able to select items in Finder, press a quick keyboard shortcut, and paste the path(s) anywhere you want. Intranet developers or anyone who needs this type of functionality won't be disappointed with this application.Learn how to create your own OS X service that lets you copy & paste the paths of files and folders in Finder. Overall, this freebie is reliable and easy-to-use. Aside from the unintuitive installation, we were able to copy file and directory paths and create our own copying methods with no hassle.

We were able to replace texts, convert backslash to forward slash, change letter case, and enclose paths in quotation marks.

We like that Path Copy gave us the option to create our own copying methods by defining how paths are copied. The program copies the long and short filename, directory name, file path, as well as UNC and Internet paths for shared files and directories. Path Copy doesn't offer a dedicated interface, but it's integrated with the Windows shell and lets you copy file paths with a right-click context menu. You'll need to visit the README file first to learn how to install it. Path Copy, unlike most applications, doesn't come with the typical installer program, such as EXE or MSI files. As its title suggests, this program simply copies file paths and sends them to the clipboard, but installation wasn't as intuitive as we'd expected.

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