Hello John, Thanks for this. I tried it but must have been doing something wrong. I was looking for a folder, not a file. When I tried out your suggestion, I saw a list of files, not folders. I believe that the problem lies with me, not with your explanation.
One thing that you wrote confuses me. You wrote: > "2, optionally tab over to the check boxes which say contents, file name, > reverse their settings by pressing space on both of them," What does pressing Space accomplish, and why does this reverse anything? I'm sorry for being such a dunce! Best regards, Mike > On 28,Aug,2010, at 8:52 PM, John Sanfilippo wrote: > When it's file names I wish to find and not file content, I like to command > tab to Finder and press command f. > > 1. I type what I'm looking for, > 2, optionally tab over to the check boxes which say contents, file name, > reverse their settings by pressing space on both of them, > 3, then, shift tab back to the list of findings. > > You can omit step 2, but you will get file names and hits where the file > contains your search string. > > I was rather happy to discover how this works. > > Regards, > js > > > > On Aug 28, 2010, at 2:11 PM, Michael Busboom wrote: > >> Does anybody know if there is a data sheet containing syntax usage under >> Spotlight? What I want to do specifically is fine-tune some of my searches. >> For example, I have a folder somewhere on my Mac called "Journal," and I >> also have many, many files containing this word. Is there a way to tell >> Spotlight that when searching for the word "Journal," I don't want every >> instance of the word but only filenames or folders containing that word? >> >> Thank you, >> >> Mike >> >> -- >> 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.
