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In Finder on macOS 10.14 when you pressed ⇧⌘G (Go > Go to Folder), typed a path and pressed enter, it would take you there instantly. On macOS 12, it first wants to list all the other subfolders in the main folder that contains the subfolder I want to go to, which can take up to 30 seconds. What I mean is if I type ~/Documents/Work and press enter, it starts loading and won't take me there before it's listed ~/Documents/Music, ~/Documents/Another_Folder and all other folders within ~/Documents.

Is there a way to change this behaviour in Finder, natively or with a third party solution?

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  • 30 seconds? How many subfolders of ~/Documents do you have? Is this a mechanical hard drive, or an SSD? For me, it's pretty instant, but it only lists the sub-items when I type / . What if you type /w together quickly?
    – benwiggy
    Commented Aug 3 at 11:07
  • @benwiggy Same behaviour regardless. It's an M1 Mac with an SSD. My documents folder does have more than a thousand subfolders, and when I counted now it took 18 seconds. It's a lot faster in directories containing fewer subfolders, but as part of my workflow I have to browse also external HDDs and network folders with many thousand subfolders and whose structure I cannot change, which my Intel Mac on macOS 10.14 did dramatically faster since it didn't have to load suggestions.
    – DisplayName
    Commented Aug 3 at 14:02
  • I doubt Apple provides options. You could use open in the Terminal instead; and you can navigate the Finder directly by typing filenames with the keyboard.
    – benwiggy
    Commented Aug 3 at 14:35
  • @benwiggy Thanks, but the Terminal is not an option when for example using the "Go to Folder" function from an application's "Open File" dialog.
    – DisplayName
    Commented Aug 3 at 16:05
  • You can still navigate swiftly by starting to type the name in a File dialog, as you would in the Finder.
    – benwiggy
    Commented Aug 3 at 16:20

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