Open current Finder folder in Path Finder

Apr 24, '09 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: robg

I use Cocoatech's Path Finder as my primary file browser, reverting to the Finder only on rare occasions. Sometimes, though, I'll open a window (and navigate into some folder) in the Finder by force of (20 year) habit. I wanted a simple way to open that same folder in Path Finder, so I wouldn't have to navigate to it twice.

After some Googling, I stumbled on the solution in this forum thread on the Cocoatech forums. User maaku posted this very handy AppleScript:

on run
  tell application "Finder"
    activate
    set this_folder to (the target of the front window) as alias
    close the front window
  end tell
  tell application "Path Finder"
    activate
    open this_folder
  end tell
end run
Copy and paste that code into Script Editor, then save it as an application (File Format » Application in the Save dialog) in a convenient spot. Then drag the app to the Finder's toolbar or sidebar; I put mine on the toolbar.

Now when I open a folder in the Finder, I can quickly jump to the same folder in Path Finder by simply clicking the icon in the toolbar. The linked forum thread contains a number of additional Path Finder AppleScripts which could be useful, including one that opens two browsing windows.

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