Show the path and the free space in Finder windows
Two hidden bars tell you which folder you are actually in and how much room is left on the disk.
Works on: macOS Big Sur 11 and later · checked on macOS Golden Gate 27
Published: · Source: Rod Herzstrom
A Finder window tells you the name of the folder you are in and nothing else: not where that folder sits, not how much room is left. Two items in the View menu fix both.
View → Show Path Bar, or ⌥ + ⌘ + P, adds a strip along the bottom with the folders that contain the one you are in. Each of them is clickable, so jumping two levels up is one click instead of three.
View → Show Status Bar, or ⌘ + /, adds a line with the number of items in the folder and the space still available on the disk. That number alone saves a trip to Storage settings.
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