[X4U] Searching for file name in Tiger

[Eddie Hargreaves]

On 8/16/05 7:31 AM, Vince Lewis <vplewis at mac.com> wrote:

> On Aug 16, 2005, at 7:04 AM, Jim Hurley wrote:
> 
>> I am mentality stuck back in OS 9 so I  always keep a couple of
>> finder widows open on the desktop for ready  access to folders. To
>> preserve these and do a file-find, it is necessary to first create
>> a new Finder window and then do as Eddie suggests. So the routine
>> becomes command-N, command-F, and change the Kind to Name. Room for
>> a third-party app here?
> 
> As for having to create a new Finder window, it's not necessary. Just
> type the search term in any Finder search box and when you've found
> what you want, delete the search term and your original window is back.

Using the Finder window search box in Tiger does not limit the search to
filenames (as it did in Panther).

Jim, if your foremost window changes into a 'New Search' window after
pressing Command-F, you can go back to it by pressing the Back button or its
keyboard shortcut, Command-[

I have set my Finder preferences to "Always open folders in a new window" so
whenever I press Command-F, it opens a new window to perform the search.