I was shellshocked when I was given my first Mac for work a few years ago and I couldn't find any way to get to the `/tmp` directory from Finder. I ended up ma

I was shellshocked when I was given my first Mac for work a few years ago and I couldn't find any way to get to the `/tmp` directory from Finder. I ended up making a symlink in my home folder and I still have no idea how else I was supposed to do it. At first I felt very strongly about it, but then I just... stopped using it. Like, I stopped using Finder for everything. Here are some tips: - Mac has an amazing CLI utility called "open" which is like a "xdg-open" that works better. Use that when you don't know what to specify what to open. - The "Downloads" button on the dock is a quick way to run "open" on whatever you just downloaded. - If you know you'll be opening several files over a workflow, just open the app first. For example, I will open Preview with the Cmd+Space shortcut and then Cmd+O to open a file system viewer. - When opening files from the dialog box in apps, you can just type `/` and starting the path you want. I'm sure I have a few others I would remember if I were on my Mac now, but the idea is yes, Finder is weirdly hard to use, but there are very few tasks where you actually have to open it.