Reader Colin McAuley seeks a better room to ascertain . He writes :
I have a lot of stuff on my Mac and I ’m constantly in the Find window look for it . More often than not I ’m doing a search for the name of a file rather than a parole or phrase buried in the content , yet the uncovering dialogue loge defaults to “ depicted object ” alternatively of “ File Name . ” Is there a way to change this so that I do n’t have to clack on File Name during a search ?
I do n’t know of a way to change the default of a Search windowpane from Contents to File Name , but I can offer a few way to make your search more specific .
Configure the Smart Folder to also search for System files
My colleague , Scholle Sawyer McFarland , prompt me that when you bid Shift - Command - F in the Finder , a Search window appears with File Name selected alternatively of Contents . This and other fine search tip can be come up in Sharon Zardetto ’s Develop Your Finder Search Savvy article from last year .
And then there ’s public eye ’s lookup line of business . A fairly quick path to nail files by name is to entername : followed by your search full term — name : hamster helper , for example — in the Spotlight flying field . Do so and the results you see will contain just those files that admit the specific words you entered aftername : .
Configure the Smart Folder to also search for System filing cabinet
you may also produce a Smart Folder in the Finder that fall in you more of what you ’re after . Just pick out Finder - > New Smart Folder . In the resulting New Smart Folder window select File Name at the top of the window and click Save . Assign an intuitive name such asSearch by Nameand snap the Save push button and you now have access to a File Name hunt from within a Finder window ’s sidebar .
( I additionally add the condition to show System files . you may too by take Other from the Kind pour down - up bill of fare , embark System in the lookup subject area , start the In Menu option next to the System Files entree , and penetrate OK . Now just pick out System Files from the Kind pop out - up bill of fare , shift the 2d pop - up menu to read Are include , and store your search . )
Another option is to forego Apple ’s search altogether . Instead , expend something like Devon Technology ’s freeEasyFindor Houdah Software ’s fuller - sport $ 30HoudahSpotto demeanor searches exactly as you ’d like them .
update to let in Shift - Command - F tip .
