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Not sure if this is a hot take or not, but Finder is the worst file explorer I've used. Feels like your file structure is hidden from you, because heavens forbid that I can go to my home directory quickly. Honestly, it's not awful, but Gnome Files, Dolphin, and Windows Explorer are all more user friendly IMO.

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With Finder defaults, I can see what you mean, but after turning on Show Path Bar (with either ⌥⌘P or View → Show Path Bar), Finder is much nicer to use.

As for quickly navigating to your home directory, you can either spam ⌘↑ (or Go → Enclosing Folder) to go up to parent directories, or simply use ⇧⌘H (or Go → Home) to go straight to your home directory.

Thank you, these are nice to know!

No prob, glad to help!

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