> From: Stephen Foster <foster at pop.ca.inter.net> > Sorry, I should have said it's 10.1.5. Ah. Well then please ignore everything said about Sherlock 3. > There's probably something simple I haven't done first or don't > understand but finding something on your own drive shouldn't require > a lot of thought. You're right, it should "just work." You sound like a very good candidate for Jaguar ... I think you would LIKE the separation of "Find" and "Sherlock" into separate things very much! "Find" is really what I think you want -- small, simple, reasonably fast. In the meantime, open Sherlock and make sure the "hard drive icon" in the top left of the main window is selected. Once that's done, type in a phrase (like "Mac") and press the "magnifying glass" icon to start a search. Have you tried checking Sherlock's "Help" menu? _Chas_ "Microsoft has innovated nothing. The thing I find most contemptible is Bill's lying , this thing about innovating. It makes me want to puke. That's innovation a la Rockefeller, not innovation a la Edison." -- Larry Elisson, Oracle CEO, 1998 interview with PC Week Online.