| Tip 212 | Where Does This File Live? |
Sometimes I open a file for editing, perhaps one attached to an email, and I have no idea where it’s stored on my computer. One option is to click File→Save to see this information in the Save As dialog box, but a much easier solution is to right-click the filename in the title bar of the program window. This will show a hierarchical display of folders. The top one nearest the file’s icon will be where the file is stored. The second one from the top will be where the parent of that folder is, and so on, going right back to the name of the hard disk and then the name of your computer, which should be the last in the list.
Selecting any entry in the list will open that folder (or disk) in Finder for browsing. ...
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