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Re: searching in finder windows
by Craig Alan (eyecamiam) on Jul 19, 2008 at 11:01:10 pm


It seems pretty powerful to me. By default it sorts by “last opened” which is often the one I’m looking for. You can re-sort by name or kind. You can fine-tune the search by clicking the + button and adding criteria. You can preview any document without waiting for the app to launch and then having to quit or close that. And there is uniformity between a folder search, the finder search, and spotlight>show all. The only thing that has bothered me is sometimes I want to find the last file I added rather than when it was created. For example, I download a file and store it in a folder. I open the folder and have the choice to sort by name date or type, none of which puts this downloaded file at the top. Same problem if I drag a file into a new folder.

Spotlight will initially break it down by type, which can be customized in system preferences>spotlight preferences.



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