Hi Tim, I am using the method you are suggesting so not spotlight (I think) but this is not finding the files I want. For now i use file explorer on ios which is nice since i have my iphone nearby often anyway. Greetings, Anouk, > On 4 Mar 2017, at 17:26, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Just a technicality here, but the Finder is not the search engine in the > MacOS, it is Spotlight that provides the search functionality. Sorry, I'm > not aware of any third party search solutions. I may suggest though that the > easiest method I've found for searching within specific folders is to > actually open the folder, then navigate into the Toolbar for that window and > enter your search criteria in the Search field to the far right of the > Toolbar. After entering the search criteria, press return, then stop > interacting with the Toolbar and navigate right to find the radio buttons > that allow you to define specifics of where to perform the search. One says > "This Mac" and the other should say "In such and such folder". VO-space on > the folder one and your results should be more easily found. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Mar 4, 2017, at 07:15, Anouk Radix <radix.an...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > I have some big folders that I need to search through forcertain files. I > know i should be able to do it with finder but for some reason that does not > work so well for me in the latest os x. I was wondering if there are any good > vo accessible finder alternatives that work well? > Thanks in advance for any information, > Greetings, Anouk, > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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