If you're going to use Spotlight to quickly find documents, make sure the "documents" category is checked under Spotlight preferences. I kept wondering why it didn't find my grocery list, then I opened Spotlight preferences and saw that the "documents" category was unchecked.
On Jul 14, 2010, at 11:11 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > Even better, you can do command-space which brings up spotlight and just type > a few characters of the file you're wanting. It will then, more or less > instantly, show a list of matches. You can navigate this list to get to the > specific file. Search on Windows was always horribly slow to the point of > using it only in desperation. Spotlight is fast enough that some even use it > as an app launcher by typing in Saf and arrowing down to find Safari and > launch it. > > CB > > sister Heather Albright wrote: >> >> I have not received my mac yet but was wondering if you have a run command >> and you can type the drive with the folder and the name of the file. For >> example: in windows you can do windows run to run and c:/folder name / name >> of file. I was just wondering because that is how I get to my files on the >> pc. If you don't, I wrote down the command to get to the files folder for >> the mac. Thanks Heather >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
