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This article from OSXDaily.com should be helpful:

Show the Location Path of Current Wallpaper in Mac OS X

  1. Type the following defaults write command:

defaults write com.apple.dock desktop-picture-show-debug-text -bool TRUE;killall Dock

  1. Go to the desktop to see the path printed over the wallpaper images
  1. After you’ve retrieved the desktop picture (use Command+Shift+G to bring up the Go To Folder window), or done what you have needed to do, you can hide the path text by using the following command:

defaults delete com.apple.dock desktop-picture-show-debug-text;killall Dock


To determine the path for wallpaper via Terminal, execute the following:

osascript -e 'tell app "finder" to get posix path of (get desktop picture as alias)'

This article from OSXDaily.com should be helpful:

Show the Location Path of Current Wallpaper in Mac OS X

  1. Type the following defaults write command:

defaults write com.apple.dock desktop-picture-show-debug-text -bool TRUE;killall Dock

  1. Go to the desktop to see the path printed over the wallpaper images
  1. After you’ve retrieved the desktop picture (use Command+Shift+G to bring up the Go To Folder window), or done what you have needed to do, you can hide the path text by using the following command:

defaults delete com.apple.dock desktop-picture-show-debug-text;killall Dock

This article from OSXDaily.com should be helpful:

Show the Location Path of Current Wallpaper in Mac OS X

  1. Type the following defaults write command:

defaults write com.apple.dock desktop-picture-show-debug-text -bool TRUE;killall Dock

  1. Go to the desktop to see the path printed over the wallpaper images
  1. After you’ve retrieved the desktop picture (use Command+Shift+G to bring up the Go To Folder window), or done what you have needed to do, you can hide the path text by using the following command:

defaults delete com.apple.dock desktop-picture-show-debug-text;killall Dock


To determine the path for wallpaper via Terminal, execute the following:

osascript -e 'tell app "finder" to get posix path of (get desktop picture as alias)'

Source Link
Nimesh Neema
  • 52.9k
  • 25
  • 151
  • 212

This article from OSXDaily.com should be helpful:

Show the Location Path of Current Wallpaper in Mac OS X

  1. Type the following defaults write command:

defaults write com.apple.dock desktop-picture-show-debug-text -bool TRUE;killall Dock

  1. Go to the desktop to see the path printed over the wallpaper images
  1. After you’ve retrieved the desktop picture (use Command+Shift+G to bring up the Go To Folder window), or done what you have needed to do, you can hide the path text by using the following command:

defaults delete com.apple.dock desktop-picture-show-debug-text;killall Dock