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The keyboard shortcut in finder to take you to your home directory, cmd + shift + h if I recall correctly. Makes it trivial to keyboard navigate to anything whe

The keyboard shortcut in finder to take you to your home directory, cmd + shift + h if I recall correctly. Makes it trivial to keyboard navigate to anything when you can easily start from the same place every time!

hooda 6y ago
You can also set which folder (downnloads/documents/desktop) to open by default when you open a new Finder Window.
NaOH 6y ago
If you don't know, that shortcut also works in Open/Save dialogs. The same is true for nearly all the shortcuts in the Finder > Go menu (go to Desktop switches to Command-D in those dialogs).
house9-2 6y ago
cmd + shift + h = home directory cmd + shift + a = applications directory cmd + shift + d = desktop directory Semi-related, type `open .` in terminal to open that directory in Finder
- ramses0 6y ago
  `xdg-open .` is the Linux equivalent.
- haddr 6y ago
  And when you are in terminal and want to change dir to some different path, just drag and drop it from finder (either a file or just a icon from the title bar)
  - donarb 6y ago
    If you cmd-drop a file icon into Terminal, it will automatically cd into the parent directory, it prefixes the path with cd and appends ; at the end and executes it. If the icon is a folder, it will automatically cd into that directory. If you shift-drop a file icon into Terminal, it will paste the file path to the command line without escaping spaces.
- throwawaw 6y ago
  Is there a reverse version of that last one? For navigation I prefer Finder over `cd; ls`, but once I end up where I want to be I generally need a terminal. edit: Another user replied with what I want as I typed this! Thank you haddr.
  - roryokane 6y ago
    You’re referring to the tip to drag the Finder folder onto the Terminal window. There’s another way that is easier if you don’t already have a Terminal window open: Install the app “cd to…” (https://github.com/jbtule/cdto https://github.com/jbtule/cdto) and add it to your Finder toolbar. Now clicking that icon will open a new Terminal (or iTerm) window within the selected folder.
- m463 6y ago
  I use cmd+shift+u all the time. It's great when you don't have a mouse, or don't want to use it: cmd+tab: pulls up app switcher, keep clicking until you select Finder cmd+shift+u: opens utility menu t: highlights Terminal.app cmd+o: opens a terminal type
  - antipaul 6y ago
    Could also spotlight search for Terminal cmd-space, terminal, return
mesofile 6y ago
There are dozens of these shortcuts -- I use the ones for the Applications (cmd + shift + a) and Desktop (cmd + shift + d) most often, but you can find many others listed here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236
moralestapia 6y ago
Cmd + D : Desktop, that's the one I use.
GavinAnderegg 6y ago
There are a whole bunch of these as well! If you open a Finder window, and look at the Go menu, you'll see all the options. You can also use Cmd-Shift-G to open a path entry dialog with tab completion.

hooda 6y ago

You can also set which folder (downnloads/documents/desktop) to open by default when you open a new Finder Window.

NaOH 6y ago

If you don't know, that shortcut also works in Open/Save dialogs. The same is true for nearly all the shortcuts in the Finder > Go menu (go to Desktop switches to Command-D in those dialogs).

house9-2 6y ago

cmd + shift + h = home directory cmd + shift + a = applications directory cmd + shift + d = desktop directory Semi-related, type `open .` in terminal to open that directory in Finder

ramses0 6y ago
`xdg-open .` is the Linux equivalent.
haddr 6y ago
And when you are in terminal and want to change dir to some different path, just drag and drop it from finder (either a file or just a icon from the title bar)
- donarb 6y ago
  If you cmd-drop a file icon into Terminal, it will automatically cd into the parent directory, it prefixes the path with cd and appends ; at the end and executes it. If the icon is a folder, it will automatically cd into that directory. If you shift-drop a file icon into Terminal, it will paste the file path to the command line without escaping spaces.
throwawaw 6y ago
Is there a reverse version of that last one? For navigation I prefer Finder over `cd; ls`, but once I end up where I want to be I generally need a terminal. edit: Another user replied with what I want as I typed this! Thank you haddr.
- roryokane 6y ago
  You’re referring to the tip to drag the Finder folder onto the Terminal window. There’s another way that is easier if you don’t already have a Terminal window open: Install the app “cd to…” (https://github.com/jbtule/cdto https://github.com/jbtule/cdto) and add it to your Finder toolbar. Now clicking that icon will open a new Terminal (or iTerm) window within the selected folder.
m463 6y ago
I use cmd+shift+u all the time. It's great when you don't have a mouse, or don't want to use it: cmd+tab: pulls up app switcher, keep clicking until you select Finder cmd+shift+u: opens utility menu t: highlights Terminal.app cmd+o: opens a terminal type
- antipaul 6y ago
  Could also spotlight search for Terminal cmd-space, terminal, return

mesofile 6y ago

There are dozens of these shortcuts -- I use the ones for the Applications (cmd + shift + a) and Desktop (cmd + shift + d) most often, but you can find many others listed here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236

moralestapia 6y ago

Cmd + D : Desktop, that's the one I use.

GavinAnderegg 6y ago

There are a whole bunch of these as well! If you open a Finder window, and look at the Go menu, you'll see all the options. You can also use Cmd-Shift-G to open a path entry dialog with tab completion.