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Mac Os search

why does the search on my system not work correctly?


spotlight never works and searching through the files system is hit and miss all the time. especially when i know the file is there. VERY ANNOYING


MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Sep 15, 2020 3:31 AM

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Posted on Sep 15, 2020 4:28 AM

Because you are not using Spotlight to your advantage. The following would narrow your search to any file whose name contained the numeric string:

name:634019518


or you could be more specific to one image type:

kind:image +.jpg name:634019518



Simply entering the numeric string without a Spotlight keyword would apply the search to every selected item in your System Preferences : Spotlight : Search Results categories, and also expend useless time searching where it was not needed.

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Sep 15, 2020 4:28 AM in response to stuartclickreturn

Because you are not using Spotlight to your advantage. The following would narrow your search to any file whose name contained the numeric string:

name:634019518


or you could be more specific to one image type:

kind:image +.jpg name:634019518



Simply entering the numeric string without a Spotlight keyword would apply the search to every selected item in your System Preferences : Spotlight : Search Results categories, and also expend useless time searching where it was not needed.

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