Copy and paste paths using Sticky Note service

Oct 10, '02 08:48:55AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

Have you ever needed to type a long pathname? Isn't it a pain? In the Finder, you can use the "Make Sticky Note" service to spit out the full directory path into a new sticky note.

I only have 10.2.1 so I don't know whether this is Jaguar only, but the Make Sticky Note service's default behavior in the Finder (when no text is selected) is to create a new sticky note with the text of the full path in the new note. This is similar to what you would get by doing a "pwd" in a terminal window, but this technique has a twist - select an item in a finder window and you get the filename appended to the full path too. Just go to the finder, click once on an item (to select it) in any Finder window. Then choose Finder -> Services -> Make New Sticky Note (or just hit Command+Shift+Y). A new sticky note is created with the full path to the item.

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