![]() ![]() ![]() I have pointed spotlight right to the folder and it would still not find it. So coming from PC I did not even care about spotlight, But the day I tried to find a file and nothing popped up, I knew I had to find something different to do that task. Just a different, and, IMHO, more logical way of dealing with large amounts of information.I am pretty new to mac, mac mini last year and imac 5k this year. Apple isn't inherently evil, nor is Microsoft. Just a different, and, IMHO, more logical way of dealing with large amounts of information. I've been able to find files instantly that I either forgot about or which were buried in backups during those few times I resorted to PC behavior. Always trying to have complete control over all your files is just going to eventually eat away at the lining in yr stomach.Īs for the topic at hand, or as it has turned out, spotlight has never failed me. Just let it go, stop trying to always have control over every little bit & byte like its a piece of property which cannot be replaced. The key to getting by with Macs is exactly that which someone up there ^ complained about. That was April 2010 and I can't believe I wasted all those years. I was a diehard PC user for 18 years and various unfortunate, PC-typical glitches piled up to the point where I bought an iMac just to see what the fuss was all about. I completely disagree with the anti-Spotlight camp in this thread. For example, you can search for all the 24bit/96k audio files created in the last week. You can search for files without using any names, that's where some of the options really come in handy. But if you get the names wrong, it obviously cannot find anything. Spotlight searches for names in filenames and in file content. And for more tech savvy users, it's really easy enough.) (Apple's decision to not include these by default makes sense, IMHO, because most users don't want to see a bunch of indecipherable system files in the results of every search. You then select these criteria, to include system files and hidden files. So you can create your own list of most frequently used search criteria. By checking the tick box, you make sure that these options show up in the menu the next time, no need to select 'Other'. If you want to include hidden and system files in your Spotlight search, you hit cmd-F to open the search window, select 'Other' in the 'Kind' pop up menu, and then tick 'File visibility' and 'System File' in the list. Starting with 10.8, preferences are cached, that means, even if you change a pref, the old pref still sticks until you reboot, or force quit the relevant cfprefsd process). (Relaunching is essential, better yet is a reboot. OK, if you want to display hidden files in the Finder, you can use the following Terminal command:ĭefaults write AppleShowAllFiles TRUE I just tried to get the Finder to display any hidden files on my MBA. ![]()
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