Yep, but that's totally unacceptable because you have to tediously select every entry, one at a time, and peer at the status bar.

It also doesn't allow you to sort results by location, as you could if it were a column.

In all fairness, you do need to hold down the command key to show the file location in Sequoia. It is an interesting default behavior to pretend the files location doesn't exist, mobile-centric.

No you don’t. In Finder search results, the path is always shown at the bottom. For regular Finder windows, you can optionally show the path with “View -> Show Path Bar”

Not a solution, because, again, you have to click on every single entry one at a time, and you can't sort by it.

In all fairness, secret hotkey BS may as well not exist. Are you supposed to mash every modifier key and every combination thereof on every screen and in every menu, looking for hidden goodies?

Absurd.

we have simplified the interface to just one home button and the screen interface, as well as the volume up/volume down key.

To select, just press on the item.

To hover, press and hold for at least 2 seconds.

To get a list of options, press and hold for at least 2.5 seconds, but not more than 3.5 seconds.

To delete, press and hold for 3.6 seconds, but not longer than 3.9 seconds.

To save, press and hold for 4.1 seconds. Pressing and holding for exactly 4.0 seconds activates the archive action. Pressing and holding for 4.2 or more seconds sends the item to the blocked list.

To retrieve the list of items in the blocked list, press and hold and simultaneously press the volume up and volume down key.

To delete all items in the block list, press and hold and simultaneously press the volume up key only.

To completely reset your device, press and hold and simultaneously press the volume down key only, whilst holding the device in a completely vertical plane, and rotating clock-wise and counter-clockwise, smoothly, at precise 2.35619 radians every 30 seconds.

To trigger the emergency call feature, drop the device at an acceleration of no less than 9.6m/s and no more than 9.7m/s

/s (kind of)

No: you are supposed to read the documentation to learn about power user features. Microsoft also doesn’t shove the advanced keyboard shortcuts in your face; you need to read the manual to learn stuff like this.

Showing WHERE things are found when you do a search is not a "power-user" feature. It's an essential aspect of what the user is trying to accomplish.

The whole point is that secret hotkeys are design dereliction.

Is it, though? Most people don’t really have a notion of the file system, or hierarchical file structures. They drop files onto their desktop, or keep them in the downloads folder. Just ask a parent or your next-door neighbour.

That’s a bit of a problem when discussing problems of normal users with power users, because they don’t even realise how what they’re doing is actually not what normies do.

I’m inclined to agree that hotkeys in MacOS are hard to discover, but cluttering the interface with stuff many users simply do not need cannot be the correct answer.

If it's cluttering the interface, the interface design was incompetent to begin with.

That’s just ridiculously broad. You cannot cram an infinite amount of information into an interface, there is a maximum density for your design goal.