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How to focus on list of found files after search in Finder using the keyboard with full keyboard access activated?
I like using the keyboard as much as possible. In particular, I'd like to be able to activate a search, type my search term, press a key to move to the search list, and then use cursor keys to ...
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Can I search for a multi-word expression in Preview?
What can I do to search for a multi-word expression such as "little bug" in Preview? I want to return only words together and in that order. My first reflex was to try double quotes, but it looks like ...
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OS X 10.5/10.6/10.7, Search, Spotlight
I'm handling a migration from an on old Mac server to a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine running a 12 TB (10 usable) RAID 5 server. It's using an SMB share and now the OS X 10.5/10.6 users can search - ...
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How can I create a Saved Search that excludes a specific folder from the results?
I'm trying to set up a Saved Search of my Mac that will exclude files in a folder called 'XYZ' from the search results. The reason is because I'm getting a ton of false positives from that folder that ...
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In Lion Spotlight search results, how do I find which folder contains a specific file?
I recently upgraded to Lion. I also installed Microsoft Office 2011. In Spotlight, how do I now find in which folder a document is? It used to be that hovering the mouse over the doc would show the ...
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Lion Addressbook broken?
When I launch Address Book and search for a contact, nothing visibly happens.
Also if I double click on a contact name in the group list, I see the contact info in a popup, but if I single click, I ...
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Why isn't search working in Finder?
In Finder, the search bar in the top right corner has ceased to function. Observe:
Obviously, there should be something with the letter "s" in it. But no results appear. It's just blank. Anything I ...
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Can Lion OSX Search in App's Contents
How can I configure Lion to search for files in the Contents of an .app?
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How can I fix Lion Mail's search functionality?
I made a clean install of Lion, configured Mobile Me in System Preferences.
So, when I opened Mail, my Mobile Me account was already configured and it started downloading my mails.
Everything worked ...
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Searching by file name (as opposed to name and contents) in Lion
In earlier versions of OSX, when you search in a Finder window, it gave you the choice of searching by contents or file name. In Lion this choice seems to have disappeared, I can only search by ...
