Sequoia finder search does not provide folder path

After upgrading from a late 2013 iMac Catalina to a Mac Mini M4 Sequoia 15.3.2 I've found the Finder search function no longer provides the path to a folder/file in the search window when you click on it. In iMac Catalina when the search was completed, if you clicked on a folder or file that was found, finder would show you the file path at the bottom of the window in this format:


Users > User Name > Document > Folder Name > Subfolder Name > File Name


In my new Mac Mini Sequoia finder does seem to find files and folders when searched but when you click on a found item it does not show the path so you can open the file but you still don't know the location.


Will this be resolved in a future update?


Steps

1 Open Finder

2 Click on Search

3 Enter search description

4 Finder presents a list of found items

5 click on a folder/file in the list

6 Finder should show the path in a line at the bottom of the window.

Mac mini (M4)

Posted on Mar 28, 2025 9:28 AM

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Posted on Mar 28, 2025 9:49 AM

You will need the Finder View menu > Show Path Bar enabled. It probably isn't by default.


On Sequoia v15.3.2, I can enter the following in a Finder Window search field:

kind:folder name:"PDF"


and it finds folders named PDF and PDF_Images. I can click on either of these and the path appears where it should at the bottom of the Finder window.

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Mar 28, 2025 9:49 AM in response to Nordic_Jeff

You will need the Finder View menu > Show Path Bar enabled. It probably isn't by default.


On Sequoia v15.3.2, I can enter the following in a Finder Window search field:

kind:folder name:"PDF"


and it finds folders named PDF and PDF_Images. I can click on either of these and the path appears where it should at the bottom of the Finder window.

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