Frequent question

Copying the path of the current open finder window is something many “new-to-mac” friends have asked me. Coming from the world of Windows, this is a well missed feature. Well, this can easily be solved with a little Applescript app residing in your finder toolbar.

Consider this:

try
	tell application "Finder"
		set this_folder to (the target of the front window) as alias
		set this_folder_posix to the POSIX path of this_folder
		set the clipboard to this_folder_posix
	end tell
end try

Open script editor, paste the code above then save it as an app. Drag the app to the toolbar of your finder window and voila, once you click it, the path of the currently open window is in your clipboard.

Stay tunes for part 2, opening a finder window at the location in your pasteboard.