This is the #1 most annoying thing in my recent conversion to working with a Mac. There is literally not a single way I can find to copy the current folder that I'm at in Finder for use in another finder window(ie, open/save files) nor for use in a terminal. Best bet is to two finger tap, get info, copy and paste the messed up "Macintosh HD"ized path, manually convert the Macintosh HD crap to an actual path, and then probably it works and you just wasted 1 minute of your life.
Semi-OT: i just recently started using OSX (coming from Xubuntu/XFCE). The Finder is my number #1 problem with the OS. I find it very uncomfortable and cumbersome to use, maybe i just don't grasp the concept... whatever.<p>Is there any alternative? Also open to a command line file navigator.
So happy if only for Cmd-T to open a terminal at the given folder. I really appreciate having a navigation bar in finder, I used to do all my serious file browsing in the terminal. Now perhaps finder will actually have some use.
I prefer DTerm[0].<p>From Finder, ⌘⇧⏎ pulls up an Alfred-like modal for executing one-off commands in the folder you are viewing, displaying output in the modal itself.<p>Another quick ⌘⏎ pops open a full terminal with the folder as your working directory.<p>[0]: <a href="http://decimus.net/dterm" rel="nofollow">http://decimus.net/dterm</a>