Context menu → hold Option; “Copy” will change to “Copy <file> as Path”. (Sometimes you can just drag and drop the file to where you want to paste, but that depends on the destination app and so isn’t consistent.)

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x2tyfi 2 days ago | parent [-]

Another option, if you already have terminal open, is to drag the file/folder from Finder into your terminal window. The path will be pasted there.

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snsisnwjxnwjd 2 days ago | parent [-]

Yep. Many different options available. Seems to me most complaining about finder haven’t actually bothered to give it the benefit of the learning-curve they’ve given to other file managers. Explorer is so far behind Finder it’s ridiculous, yet people somehow think it is better? C’mon.

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		What are you talking about? Like I've said I've been using finder for 15 years and most of these things people are talking have absolutely no discoverability. Like is the mac UI really supposed to be "Get frustrated, google it, and read how to do these things and special keyboard shortcuts/drag-and-drop/etc"? To be clear I think macs are by far the superior product on the hardware front, but nobody should be discovering new UI tricks after 3 years, let alone a decade.
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