Mac Spotlight Search: How To View File Path and Open

Spotlight Search Quick Tips on Mac

This tutorial has 3 keyboard shortcuts:
1. How to launch Spotlight
2. How to view file path
3. How to open search results in Finder

This tip is on Macs
Spotlight Search is how you search for anything on your Mac.

How To Use Spotlight Search:
1. cmd + spacebar
2. start typing for file, folder…

How to View File Path & Open:
1. Hold the Command Key and look to bottom
2. With cmd key pressed, tap the letter R

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[jaikavi]

Finally found what I was looking for. Perfect and straight forward, thanks

[walula]

I definitely should have learned this thing years ago, thank you!

[Julian-rpjm]

Exactly what I needed on point!! Thanks!!

[KrystalGault]

omg I've been trying to find a way to do this for 10 years 😂 Thank you!

[raiyanreza]

such great simple and easy guide to follow, Thanks!

[alexishernandez]

Thank you so much. I knew this but learned even more.

[tyler]

I'm so surprised that this video got so little reaction. I was going to return my mac if it was not for this video!

[vaibhavsharma]

@0:53, that's just I wanted to know.. Thanks so much.

[thisisnotpublic]

CMD+R no longer works in Big Sur :/ Finder will open still but not from the enclosing folder if you are using "Columns" as the viewing mode in Finder.

[wadehe]

show number 1 2 3 on the screen will be better; very useful content tho thank you!

[akashseth]

Cmd+R doesn't work, i am using Mojave . any other commands that might work ?

[randywilson]

Doesn't seem to work in Mojave. Someone said Apple changed (ruined) the shortcuts in Mojave?

[gregdavidson]

Doesn't work for me. I am using Ventura 13.2.1. I cannot find the file paths for any of my spotlight searches. I highlight what I am looking for (by up and down arrows) then press Command key and nothing shows up. Any ideas? TIA

[warrenjoseph]

2024 Solution - After doing spotlight search and selecting a file, hold command, path will show, then double click on the file and the folder will open, showing the files within that folder including the one you selected. Hope that helps someone else (I'm sure there was a shorter way to explain that)