It's not terrible once you learn the muscle memory.
I'm sure there's some obscure key bind to go directly there, but I just do Cmd+Shift+G in Finder to get to the browse to path dialog, type ~, and hit return.
Still a stupid extra amount of work, but at least it's not having to use my mouse, typing %USERPROFILE%, or having to type the absolute path. That would piss me off even more.
I’m sure there’s some obscure key bind to go directly there
It's just Cmd+Shift+H (for Home). The shortcuts for many of the most common locations are extremely intuitive.
Cmd+Shift+A (Applications)
Cmd+Shift+D (Desktop)
Cmd+Shift+L (~/Library)
Cmd+Shift+C (Computer)
Finder > Go > Home
Been that way for decades. Or you can add it to the sidebar by dragging and dropping, or just edit Finder prefs:
Finder > Preferences > Sidebar
Microsoft only started showing the Home folder by default in 11 I believe so it’s a pretty common pattern to not reveal the home folder (for some asinine reason).
First thing I do on any OS is build my own folder structure under my home.
For the last point, even worse on Mac
It's not terrible once you learn the muscle memory.
I'm sure there's some obscure key bind to go directly there, but I just do
Cmd+Shift+Gin Finder to get to the browse to path dialog, type~, and hit return.Still a stupid extra amount of work, but at least it's not having to use my mouse, typing
%USERPROFILE%, or having to type the absolute path. That would piss me off even more.It's just
Cmd+Shift+H(for Home). The shortcuts for many of the most common locations are extremely intuitive.Cmd+Shift+A(Applications)Cmd+Shift+D(Desktop)Cmd+Shift+L(~/Library)Cmd+Shift+C(Computer)Finder > Go > Home
Been that way for decades. Or you can add it to the sidebar by dragging and dropping, or just edit Finder prefs:
Finder > Preferences > Sidebar
Microsoft only started showing the Home folder by default in 11 I believe so it’s a pretty common pattern to not reveal the home folder (for some asinine reason).
First thing I do on any OS is build my own folder structure under my home.