Navigate /system/volumes/data in Finder File Open Dialog

[jagooch]

I'm trying to navigate to the path "/System/Volumes/Data/mnt/smb/media/" in a Finder File Open dialog box, and can't find a way to do it. I can get to /System/Volumes, but the "Data" directory doesn't appear in the Finder dialog box.

Any ideas on what I am doing wrong? I can "cd" to it in the terminal , and also access it using Finder's "goto" option, but when an application open a dialog box to select files, I can't get to it. It's where I configured my system to mount network shares on boot using the automount utility.

Ideas?

 

[Taz Mangus]

I'm trying to navigate to the path "/System/Volumes/Data/mnt/smb/media/" in a Finder File Open dialog box, and can't find a way to do it. I can get to /System/Volumes, but the "Data" directory doesn't appear in the Finder dialog box.

Any ideas on what I am doing wrong? I can "cd" to it in the terminal , and also access it using Finder's "goto" option, but when an application open a dialog box to select files, I can't get to it. It's where I configured my system to mount network shares on boot using the automount utility.

Ideas?

I Finder, press the key sequence Shift-Command-period which will reveal all hidden files and folders.

 

[bogdanw]

and also access it using Finder's "goto" option, but when an application open a dialog box to select files, I can't get to it.

You can use ⌘⇧G in the open dialog of the app. If it doesn’t work, try to give the app Full Disk Access.

 

[Brian33]

I don't claim to totally understand the new drive/volume scheme, but I think it has to do with the new "firmlinks" Monterey (and I think Big Sur) use to make two separate volumes look like a single volume in Finder.

Your System volume is mounted at '/'. Your Data volume is mounted at '/System/Volumes/Data' At least they are for me, according to the 'diskutil' and 'mount' commands.

Finder gives a different view of things, compared to Terminal. If I'm right, you should find your mount points in Finder by going to '/mnt/smb/media/'... (I.e., pick Macintosh HD from Finder's sidebar, and look for a 'mnt' directory)... but I'm not totally sure...

 

[jagooch]

I Finder, press the key sequence Shift-Command-period which will reveal all hidden files and folders.

I already did that, but good thinking!

 

[jagooch]

I don't claim to totally understand the new drive/volume scheme, but I think it has to do with the new "firmlinks" Monterey (and I think Big Sur) use to make two separate volumes look like a single volume in Finder.

Your System volume is mounted at '/'. Your Data volume is mounted at '/System/Volumes/Data' At least they are for me, according to the 'diskutil' and 'mount' commands.

Finder gives a different view of things, compared to Terminal. If I'm right, you should find your mount points in Finder by going to '/mnt/smb/media/'... (I.e., pick Macintosh HD from Finder's sidebar, and look for a 'mnt' directory)... but I'm not totally sure...

Oh yeah, I can get to that path in Finder. if I am inside of an application, for example , Firefox,and I select "File->Open" to open a file, I cannot find a way to navigate to that path.

 

[bogdanw]

Oh yeah, I can get to that path in Finder. if I am inside of an application, for example , Firefox,and I select "File->Open" to open a file, I cannot find a way to navigate to that path.

Firefox – File – Open File (or press ⌘O), now press ⌘⇧G, paste /System/Volumes/Data/mnt/smb/media/ in the field, click on Go and the open dialog box should display your desired location.

 

[NoBoMac]

If I'm right, you should find your mount points in Finder by going to '/mnt/smb/media/'... (I.e., pick Macintosh HD from Finder's sidebar, and look for a 'mnt' directory)... but I'm not totally sure...

This.

Shouldn't have to go into /System, should be mapped via the firmlinks to the standard *nix/MacOS locations.

Another example: /Users still is the usual place to go for user folders, yet it lives under /System/Volumes/Data. Fimlink voodoo.