PathBridge
Windows paths, opened on Mac
Mac
Version 1.0.2
macOS 14.0 or later
5 MB
15 languages
PathBridge is a path converter for Mac that turns Windows paths into links you can open. Someone sends you U:\Projects\Quote.pdf, you click it, and the file opens. No more copying, pasting, and guessing. Set one rule, like “U:\ is /Volumes/Company”, and it works both ways: copy a Mac path in Windows notation and send it right back. PathBridge lives in your menu bar and is available in 15 languages.
Open file paths colleagues email you
Send Mac paths to Windows colleagues
Reconnect dropped network drives
Switch drive setups for office and home
PathBridge features
Open paths four ways
Right-click a path in any app and open it right there. Or let PathBridge spot a copied path on your clipboard, press a shortcut, or click a winpath:// link. Pick whichever fits the moment. The file opens either way.
Make sense of messy paths
Real-life paths are rarely tidy. They break across two lines, hide behind %20 encoding, sit in quotes, or come with a sentence stuck to the end. PathBridge handles UNC notation (\server\share) and file:/// URLs too. It cleans all of that up and finds the file, so you don’t have to fix the path by hand.
Keep your drives connected
If a network drive isn’t mounted, PathBridge connects it for you. If it drops, say the VPN goes down, you get one heads-up with a reconnect button. No pile of notifications, no hunting through Finder to remount the drive.
Switch setups with environments
Office, home, VPN: each can have its own rules. Create up to ten named environments and switch between them from the menu bar. Or let PathBridge switch automatically, so U:\ always points to the right place.
Stay safe with files from others
A path from a colleague can point to an app, an installer, or a script. Before PathBridge opens any of those, it asks you first. Not sure about it? Choose Show in Finder instead and take a look before you run anything.
Keep it private
No account, no analytics, no server. PathBridge does its work on your Mac, and nothing leaves it.
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Windows paths, opened on Mac