Comments on: “Go To Folder” is the Most Useful Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcut for Power Users

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Save to a Target Directory or Buried Path in Mac OS X the Fast Way — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:17:52 +0000

[...] one that had a lengthy path buried somewhere deep in OS X? It turns out that by using the excellent Go To Folder shortcut, you can do exactly that, and if you know the destination path or have it in your clipboard, you [...]

By: Tara

Tara — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:32:10 +0000

This was very helpful with correcting the error I was having at startup on chrome.

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4 Ways to Quickly Access the Root Directory in Mac OS X — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:33:36 +0000

[...] To Folder is easily one of the most useful keyboard shortcuts in the OS X Finder since you can jump anywhere instantly, and the root directory [...]

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Tue, 11 Sep 2012 02:54:42 +0000

[...] easy! OS X Daily explains how it’s done: From the OS X Finder, hit Command+Shift+G to summon Go To Folder and enter the following path [...]

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Add More Wallpapers to the OS X Desktop Preference Panel with a Drag & Drop — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:42:15 +0000

[...] the Desktops preference panel you can also click the little [+] icon and follow it up with some Go To Folder magic to get there as [...]

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[...] the OS X Finder, hit Command+Shift+G to summon Go To Folder and enter the following path [...]

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Disable “Go To Folder” in Mac OS X — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:40:47 +0000

[...] Go To Folder command is one of the most useful features in the OS X Finder, letting you quickly navigate deep [...]

By: max

max — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:04:52 +0000

hahaha! thanks for the incredible insight, mario

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[...] the OS X Finder, hit Command+Shift+G to bring up the “Go To Folder” window and enter the following [...]

By: pete

pete — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:24:45 +0000

Maybe a stupid question but I couldn’t find information about this. When the ‘go to folder’ pops up and I copied a path before why can’t I use cmd + v? I always have to use the mouse, also for clicking ‘OK’, is there an alternative to avoid using the mouse? Another question linked to this is, can I, like on Windows, just click ‘OK’ or ‘CANCEL’ by the keyboard? ENTER doesn’t work and TAB for changing also not…
Thanks a lot”

By: David

David — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:58:01 +0000

And drag and drop into the ‘go to folder’ box when saving files!

By: Barry

Barry — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:37:29 +0000

The tab completion is case-sensitive. In bash, there is a configuration setting to make the tab completion case-insensitive. Is there any corresponding setting for the Go To Folder?

By: mike

mike — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:46:01 +0000

the only place power user was referred to was the title. i dont see anyone calling themselves power users. not everyone lives in the terminal so chill man

By: Mario

Mario — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:22:01 +0000

Sorry, but power users don’t use Finder to navigate the filesystem. Power users live in the Terminal. And navigate the filesystem using aliases for the important directories.

Occasionally, they will use Spotlight to get to the folder, but that is less useful, since what they want to do, they want to do from Terminal anyway.

So, please, stop calling yourselves power users if you use something silly like Finder to get to your files. That should be your last resort really.

By: mike

mike — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:22:07 +0000

so im trying to use this command to share server file paths between network users.

so far i have found that drag and drop does not work in 10.5 (at least 10.5 is my best guess at this point)

i have also found that if i copy a path while logged into server as user A and email that path to user B logged into the server as user B – the directory cannot be found

If i copy the path as user A then send it to a machine also logged in as user A the path is found

anyone have any thoughts?