[X4U] Re: X4U Re: Finding file names only

Eddie Hargreaves meged at earthlink.net
Mon Feb 13 08:57:37 PST 2006


On 2/13/06 8:19 AM, Jim Hurley <jhurley at infostations.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the tip. I wasn't able to find the file name
> "default_cmart.plist". Couldn't get past "Finder.app"; it is not a
> folder. 

Right-click on Finder.app and choose Show Package Contents

> It doesn't show up in Spotlight; maybe it is an invisible file.

No, Spotlight doesn't show any results from /System

> And the trouble with using quotes in Spotlight, as some have
> suggested, is that you need the whole file name; it's not good enough
> to type a part.

I typed "bookmark
and the results included Bookmark Feb-April.pdf

When I typed "book
that file did not show up in the results.

So you don't need the whole filename, just a whole word in the filename.

Eddie Hargreaves




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