'copy item link' in Finder

[Jason Davies]

Hi Smuggers,

In a lot of apps, there is a menu item under Edit 'Copy Item Link' or 'Copy as link'. This creates a URL for the file which will launch it from another app. Eg in Mailmate, Copy as Link means I can put the URL in a mindmap, and when I click on it, it opens that specific email in Mailmate.

The Finder did briefly have this, years ago, when it was introduced, but then it vanished. I often want to collate things without copying them (by drag/drop or copy/paste) and have never found a way to do it back to Finder. Does anyone know how to do this? Bonus points if it's really painfully obvious...

Cheers,

Jason

[Sam - MacAmbulance]

If you copy an item in Finder, then open a new TextEdit file and set it to PlainText, pasting into that should just paste the file path but it won’t be a clickable link. I don’t think Finder supports it anymore 

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[Jason Davies]

Please forgive slow response – yes, I think you're right. Shame, as I use it heavily. Perhaps it caused more trouble than it's worth...

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Cheers,

Jason