I do realize one can copy the directory and create your own text document. However, just as a post indicated above, very frustrating that the directory won’t print alphabetically but as some kind of random order that is hard to figure out “why”. Gee, it took me all these years to decide to search for a way to print a directory…and I found your instructions. I lamented for years over this loss and decided it was just something that I would never be able to do again. Not sure which system upgrade got rid of the print option, but it was the beginning of Apple’s paring down of convenient actions. Fairly certain it would not do the subset folders, even if they were open in your directory. MacBook users keep their commonly used files in the Documents folder because it is quite a handy folder to access files.

On iPad, tap the icon made up of four small. After the contextual menu appears (and only after), add the Option key and then select Copy. It included icons (folders or files so you could tell what was what), and it was so convenient, especially for a backup indexing system (you know, the old-fashioned paper way of filing a print out with CD/DVD backups) and the print out looked exactly like your directory, icons and all. On iPhone, tap the encircled ellipsis (three dots) button in the top-right corner of the screen. There are two tricks to find this full path from the Finder: Control- or right-click a file or folder. Many, many years ago up until perhaps the mid 2000s, Apple had a menu option to print a directory.

John, Thanks so much for these instructions.

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