[X4U] "Searching" question under 10.4

[Brett Conlon]

Thanks Eddie!

I sware I tried that a few weeks ago and did a search for a specific file 
name I could see in the /Library folder but the result came up empty. I 
must have been doing it incorrectly somehow - the folders in the 
"Others..." window were even ticked.

Anyway, this is a good help forward. However, the rest of Spotlight for 
date searching is LAME-O!

I can't manage to do any of the following:
* Sort the result into one long list (removing them from their categories)
* Sort them chronologically. I can't click on anything to sort them.
* Search via a time. "Today" is the closest to NOW incriment it currently 
allows. Since I can't order them chronologically I would have liked to 
have changed the search criteria to anything modified within the past hour 
or better, 10 minutes...

Why did Apple remove so much of the flexibility of the previous Find?

Cheers,

Coj




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On 5/8/06 10:47 PM, Brett Conlon <brett.conlon at sonydadc.com> wrote:

> As a techo I really miss being able to simply do a search of the WHOLE
> startup (System & Library bits included) for all items modified today
> (visible and invisible), then sort them via date order to bring the 
newest
> modified to the top.
> 
> Unfortunately Spotlight doesn't allow searching for Library or System 
bits
> and the utility Easy Find doesn't offer a search for date modified or
> offer search criteria such as is/is not/contains etc...
> 
> What is the best way to achive this? Can Spotlight search the System &
> Library folders?

Yes, Spotlight can search the /System and /Library directories, but only 
if
you specify them. For instance, hit Command-F in the Finder and when the
search UI appears click the Others... Button. Click the Add button to add
either or both of the folders (or just drag them into the window pane) and
make sure they are checked on. After clicking the OK button you can change
the criteria in the search UI to Last Modified=Today or whatever you want.
But forget about finding invisible files as that is still broken in Tiger.

-- 
Eddie Hargreaves