OS X Finder Search Question

[Pete]

Hi Howard - what 3rd party tool do you use?
Pete
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On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Howard Bornstein <bornstein at designeq.com>wrote:

> I have never found the Spotlight search to be complete. When I absolutely
> have to find a file, I use a third-party search tool because Spotlight is
> so
> unreliable.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Howard Bornstein
> -----------------------
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>
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Pete <pete at mollysrevenge.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Mark.  IS that the Privacy tab of the Spotlight Preferences?  If
> so,
> > I don ;t see anything there that would exclude that folder, unless
> there's
> > some global option somewhere that excludes all system files?
> > Pete
> > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com>
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Mark Schonewille <
> > m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Pete,
> > >
> > > One reason could be that system files have been excluded from indexing
> in
> > > the Spotlight preferences.
> > >
> > > --
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> > >
> > > Mark Schonewille
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> > > On 26 sep 2011, at 00:39, Pete wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm using the search bar at the top of a Finder window to find all
> > files
> > > > with a given name.  The search is on "This Mac" and I just search
> file
> > > > names, not contents.  There's at least one file that deosn't show up
> in
> > > the
> > > > results for some reason.  It is located in folder
> ~/Library/Application
> > > > Support/Test.  Files with the same name in other folders are found
> OK.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas why this should be?
> > > >
> > > > Pete
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> >
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