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10.4: Set Command-F to search by 'Name Contains'
am i missing something here. it seems to me that the default "name contains" search is already applicable by typing in the keywords in the Find windows search field. it seems superfluous or duplicative to add a name contains criteria to the search unless you are planning to save the search. am i not right? (actually, i know i am right, but i want to appear modest ;-)
10.4: Set Command-F to search by 'Name Contains'
That's what I was thinking. I use toolbar search (command-option-f) when I need to search by name. I only use command F for advanced search. But maybe some people are used to using command-f for searching.
10.4: Set Command-F to search by 'Name Contains'
dfa4 writes:
> am i missing something here. it seems to me that > the default "name contains" search is already > applicable by typing in the keywords in the Find > windows search field. You certainly are missing something. Spotlight is everywhere. Typing in the search-slot in Finder window toolbars is *NOT* limited to "name contains" searching. 90% of the results are content-based. (Tiger != Panther). > it seems superfluous or duplicative to add a name contains > criteria to the search unless you are planning to save the > search. am i not right? (actually, i know i am right, but > i want to appear modest ;-) Wrong. No one is "adding" anything. Apple already provides the Name (contains/begins with/ends with/is) field so we can limit Spotlight's lust for content-based searching. What this hint is trying to do is make it so the Name field appears automatically at the top (so we don't have to manually mouse it ourselves all the time). mahakali writes: > That's what I was thinking. I use toolbar search > (command-option-f) when I need to search by name. And did you not notice the (probably over 700) items in the results list that DIDN'T contain the text you typed in their names!? Toolbar searches find anything Spotlight wants them to find (not names only). Myself, I WISH you guys were right... but it just ain't so. -HI-
10.4: Set Command-F to search by 'Name Contains'
"... am i missing something here. it seems to me that the default "name contains" search is already applicable by typing in the keywords in the Find windows search field. it seems superfluous or duplicative to add a name contains criteria to the search ..." |
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