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Denny Fuller Author

Level 1

4 points

MacBook Air

How do I determine where a file is ;located on my MacBook Air?

iPhone SE, iOS 15

Posted on Apr 18, 2022 11:04 AM

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Apr 19, 2022 12:04 PM in response to Denny Fuller

If there is no Spotlight magnifying glass in your menu bar (as is my case) then the key combination ⌘Space will bring up Spotlight. If your MacBook Air is the recent M1 model then there is a dedicated key for this: F4. When you identify the file in the Spotlight results, select it and then press ⌘ which will reveal the filename and path where it resides.

tjk

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Apr 18, 2022 11:15 AM in response to Denny Fuller

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Click on the magnifying glass in the upper right corner to open Spotlight and enter the name of the file.

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