[webkike]

I have actually had more problems with the Mac OS finder then I have the gnome one, and all of my problems stem from answering the question “how do I go up a directory from where I am?” Never bothered to figure out the actual right way. Might be easy. But hard to figure out

[horsawlarway]

I'm with you. Modern macOS is... just not good for the basics right now. I have to use it for work, and I genuinely like Gnome more most of the time (files/settings/gestures/workspaces - all better on gnome).

Mac is doing what Windows is doing "The user is stupid and must not be allowed to understand what the computer is doing - we will guess what they want instead and show them that". Basic nav in finder is painful by default (100% agree about not being able to consistently move up).

[inferiorhuman]

  But hard to figure out

Have you tried the keyboard shortcut listed next to the Go -> Enclosing Folder menu item?

[webkike]

Wow… this sucks

[grokys]

It's also impossible for a new user of macOS to show hidden files without an online search. Iirc it's a non documented (in the UI) keyboard shortcut. Very discoverable.

[sunny_sigara]

By simply clicking path toolbar. You probably using very old version where it is not visible by default. In 15, just say “go up” and it will go up !!