Searching for a folder name in Finder on Mac

Personally, I don't care for Spotlight for actual searching. I use Finder to hunt for a folder:

You put in a name or part of a name or even other stuff in the search field, and then by clicking on the + sign

you can restrict the search with dozens of possible conditions, including "Kind Is folder." At the bottom you can see the path the selection.

Unlike Spotlight, this doesn't search the Photos Library for filenames, it doesn't search the internet, and you can't do arithmetic.

Two options:

1. Open a new Finder Window, and press cmd+3 to open column view. Clicking on the > symbol for a given folder will expand another column of sub-folders if they exist in the parent. Press cmd+2 to return to List view, or cmd+1 to icon view as desired.
2. Open the Spotlight tool 🔍 from the menu bar and enter the following, where xxx is the case-insensitive, unique or partial name of the folder you have misplaced:

kind:folder name:xxx

Either select with the mouse or arrow key the folder result and then press the cmd key to expose the path to it. Or, press cmd+R to open a new Finder window on that folder.

You can use Spotlight to search for the name of the folder.

Search for anything with Spotlight on Mac - Apple Support

Any search that you do in Finder, even with its Find (⌘F) panel still uses Spotlight and success depends on the construction of the search parameters and what Spotlight categories are indexed. There are multiple venues to perform searches and one picks that which works best for them.

ctoc000 wrote: Thanks, works great. …

Cool! I like having the menus (so I don't have to remember options!) It's easy to restrict the search to a particular drive or folder, and I like Finder showing the path. As VikingOSX says, you use what works for you!