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| From | David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: macOS Big Sur's search doesn't find everything? |
| Date | 2021-05-06 20:47 -0500 |
| Organization | SpamBusters! |
| Message-ID | <alpine.OSX.2.20.2105062032230.49550@mako.ath.cx> (permalink) |
| References | <OcydnQDfx-vMywn9nZ2dnUU7-SfNnZ2d@earthlink.com> |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [ comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage removed ] On Thursday, 06 May 2021 15:49 -0500, in article <OcydnQDfx-vMywn9nZ2dnUU7-SfNnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant <ant@zimage.comREMOVETHIS1ST> wrote: > Hello. > I was searching "culture" (without quotation marks) for Office 365 > v16.48's Office filenames, but macOS Big Sur v11.3.1's Finder and > Spotlight doesn't find them in a 13" 2012 Intel MacBook Pro's SSD. > It doesn't show all of the files that I see when manually listing > them in Finder's Documents. As you know the name of the file, try performing a Spotlight search formatted thusly: name:$STRING When asked whether you wish to search for files matching the name, you should have better luck. It feels like Spotlight will first attempt to match strings indexed in file content. Office files contain an enormous amount of often extraneous crud. - -- David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> Be kind to animals; kiss a shark. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EARECAB0WIQSc0FU3XAVGYDjSGUhSvCmZGhLe6wUCYJScMAAKCRBSvCmZGhLe 67D6AKDPdnP60GNmg5OL2K4Fyq53vahXGwCguzGSQH5Ma5cjDxnpYjfcwOa0EEY= =Bolb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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macOS Big Sur's search doesn't find everything? ant@zimage.comREMOVETHIS1ST (Ant) - 2021-05-06 15:49 -0500
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Re: macOS Big Sur's search doesn't find everything? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2021-05-06 20:30 -0500
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