Hi again, I re-read Erik's message, and Jacob's reply is actually what he was asking for -- finding out the path to an item. My answer of using command-enter is really the answer to a question he didn't ask, but which I find that I use more frequently than Command-I to get the path information, because often I want to go to location of the item that Spotlight has located (e.g., to go to other items in the same folder -- this could be locating an application, but I want to view the Readme file about it, etc.)
So, you can ignore my answer if you only need to find the location of a file found in spotlight --- Command-i will tell you the path. But if you want to go to the location of the item use Command-Enter. And, of course, once you're in that location (and on the selected file), you can simply use Command-I to check the path. Cheers, Esther Jacob wrote: >Hi >To get the path of a file in spotlight, highlight the result and press >command+i. The finder's get info window will open up and you can see >it from there. >hth > > > >On Jun 22, 2008, at 9:54, erik burggraaf wrote: > >> Well, I know mine is called windows xp professional, so I just typed >> windows xp in spotlite and up it popped. What I haven't figured out >> is how to get spotlite to show the path to where something is. >> >> I don't want that info all the time, but when I want it, I really >> want it. >> >> Best, >> >> Erik >> erik burggraaf >> >> >> On 22-Jun-08, at 6:48 AM, vashaun jones wrote: >> >>> Listers I have a client that uses VM wear Fusion. His VM was set up >>> by a sighted person and the VM was stored in a location we can't >>> find. By default it goes into the user folder under Documents. hers >>> is not there. I ask because I set up there Time Machine and I >>> desperately want to exclude the virtual machine from being backed >>> up. Can anyone tell me how I can find the location of his virtual >>> machine? >>> >> >> > > > >
