FilePathToClip - context menu plugin used to work and was brilliantly simple, but hasn't been updated in years.. maybe last version of OSX it worked in was 10.5??? http://www.hsoi.com/hsoishop/software/
If anyone finds an alternative that is as simple to operate as that was I would be happy too. At the moment you can drop any file into an empty terminal window (which puts the complete path in) then copy paste that out to somewhere else, but its an extra step, and you would have to edit the shortcut to base it on ~/Dropbox/blah... rather then /Users/toby/Dropbox because of everyone's names. Then the link will resolve with go to folder in finder. On the other hand with dropbox, it already notifies you when files have been updated... You will only have to tell the people who ignore those dropbox messages, and perhaps they would also be the type of people to ignore emails too? On 14 November 2013 10:43, Jason Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Not quite the same though: that shares it via a weblink (eg > https://www.dropbox.com/s/z7v7jioaq1na26/NSS%20temp.docx). I want them to > be able to click on it in the message and have the file open (or at least > the place in the Finder): no website or www needed). > > If you copy the file path and go to Finder, choose Go to Folder... you can > paste a file path in. I want to automate that. > > This seems more developed in iOS, ironically, but things like Devonthink, > Mail, Omnifocus and so on all have this implemented. It's normally > accessible under Edit as 'Copy Item Link' (or via drag and drop) > > On 14 Nov 2013, at 10:19, Alastair Weller wrote: > > Jason > > If you right click on the file there is a Dropbox contextual menu and the > click can be copied from there. > > Alastair > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jason Davies [email protected] wrote: > > Dear Smug > > Having trained my colleagues to use Dropbox for shared files (usually, > unfortunately, Word files) we now find ourselves saying "I've amended the > file at Dropbox/blah folder/2012 Research Projects/blah/blah and Assessing > in blah/reports/blah/blahsummaryJPD.docx > > where blah folder is the shared one. These file paths are getting longer > all the time...! > > I'm thinking it must be possible to make this clickable via a URL > scheme...? We are all using Macs on 10.8 or 9. Anyone know if Finder has > this (in the way Mail and many others do)? They are using Outlook but I'm > on Mailmate. I've already written a script to get the path of the selection > so should be easy to add a URL. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > > *Please think of the environment before you print this email.* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
