I use EasyFind (although I'm sure there are others) [ http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11076/easyfind].
It's slow, but it's thorough. On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Pete <p...@mollysrevenge.com> wrote: > Hi Howard - what 3rd party tool do you use? > Pete > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > > > > > On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Howard Bornstein <bornst...@designeq.com > >wrote: > > > I have never found the Spotlight search to be complete. When I absolutely > > have to find a file, I use a third-party search tool because Spotlight is > > so > > unreliable. > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Howard Bornstein > > ----------------------- > > www.designeq.com > > > > On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Pete <p...@mollysrevenge.com> wrote: > > > > > Thanks Mark. IS that the Privacy tab of the Spotlight Preferences? If > > so, > > > I don ;t see anything there that would exclude that folder, unless > > there's > > > some global option somewhere that excludes all system files? > > > Pete > > > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Mark Schonewille < > > > m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Pete, > > > > > > > > One reason could be that system files have been excluded from > indexing > > in > > > > the Spotlight preferences. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > > > Mark Schonewille > > > > > > > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > > > > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > > > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > > > > KvK: 50277553 > > > > > > > > See what you get with only a small contribution. All our LiveCode > > > downloads > > > > are listed at http://qery.us/zr > > > > > > > > On 26 sep 2011, at 00:39, Pete wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm using the search bar at the top of a Finder window to find all > > > files > > > > > with a given name. The search is on "This Mac" and I just search > > file > > > > > names, not contents. There's at least one file that deosn't show > up > > in > > > > the > > > > > results for some reason. It is located in folder > > ~/Library/Application > > > > > Support/Test. Files with the same name in other folders are found > > OK. > > > > > > > > > > Any ideas why this should be? > > > > > > > > > > Pete > > > > > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Regards, Howard Bornstein ----------------------- www.designeq.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
