Let's say the name of my current account is johndoe
.
Open Finder Preferences, and set "New Finder window show" to johndoe
, and add it to sidebar. Then each time opening up Finder after a reboot or log out/in, it will display the full path on the Finder window (screenshot below).
Macintosh HD > Users > johndoe
Rather than display johndoe
as the relevant root, the behavior on OS X 10.7 and before (screenshot below).
johndoe
However, close any Finder window and reopen, problem disappears. But after reboot and log out/in problem repeats.
Affecting systems: OS X 10.8 and 10.9, unknown on 10.10
Example (system root):
Example (relevant root):