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The Spotlight application handily locates files for opening immediately. However, I want to know the found file's address from Spotlight in order to navigate to that location in Finder and move the file elsewhere.

In this specific example, I'm trying to find a .tex file to move to a more memorable location, but I don't remember where it is. Is there a way to find out the exact address location of the found file through Spotlight?

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    Hold cmd ⌘ when in spotlight, see: apple.stackexchange.com/a/386655/238687
    – compuphys
    Commented Mar 30, 2020 at 10:03
  • @compuphys This could be the right answer, if not the poor implementation by Apple: Spotlight shows file preview. The path to the file is shown (when pressing cmd ⌘) in white letters. If the file has the white background, the path is completely invisible. So the answer by @k-dubs remains the only solution for this case. Good to know for other files though.
    – texnic
    Commented May 29, 2023 at 15:06

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Most-Recent Update: At least as of MacOSX Ventura the file/directory location is displayed with holding cmd (as indicated by compuphys in this comment), and hitting Enter will open a Finder window at that file's/directory's address location.

First Update: OS X Yosemite changed Spotlight quite a bit. Now the the file location is displayed in the lower right corner of Spotlight and cmd+Enter will open a finder tab with the searched file at the file's address.

Original answer:

From Spotlight: Show All in Finder -> ctrl+click the file -> Show in Enclosing Folder or select Get Info. Now you are at the file's location or have the files address (from Get Info) without opening the file.

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