[X4U] Spotlight - Searching with boolean operators

[Kirk McElhearn]

On Jul 12, 2005, at 9:12 AM, Kuestner, Bjoern wrote:

> Kirk, I think the spaces are causing the problem: "space" as listed  
> above is
> Spotlights AND-operator.
>
> So you're actually searching for mobyAND|ANDwalden and it seems  
> that none of
> your documents match these criteria.
>
> Try (moby|walden) instead.
>
> Many articles refer to Ipse dixit who were among the first to  
> publish this
> information:
> http://www.hiram.nl/ipsedixit/artikel/793/boolean-search-in-spotlight
>

Right.

In any case, I have it directly from Apple that this is "accidental"  
and, in any case, will not be supported in the future.


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