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Quick search in folder by key press
I switched from PC to Mac, in pc when you're in explorer, you press a key and it highlights the first result of a file/folder that starts with the pressed key, and when you press again it goes to ...
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Is there any way to disable Mac OS X global search string propagation?
Mac OS X has a feature where if you use any search box in any app, it automatically overwrites every other search box with the text you searched.
I find this rarely useful and it often interferes ...
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How to setup a Mac for kiosk mode video presentation?
My situation is: 2 iMacs (Lion), one displays a slide show and the other one a video.
If a user comes to the iMac and wants to play the video again, he should be able to play the video with one click ...
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'Find text' in document occasionally doesn't work in Word 2011 for Mac
It's a problem I saw on a friend's computer (Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard). Occasionally (in about 1 of 10-20 cases) Word 2011 doesn't find a text which is in the document. Then, changing the to other ...
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How to search text in files of all types (including binary)?
I want to find some text inside binary files. Is it possible to do in Finder (it skips binary even if I set up "All kinds" of file types)? Otherwise I would be thankful for utility that can do it.
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When is the locate database updated?
I use the locate command in Terminal regularly. When does its database get updated? On other systems, I could run updatedb as root to force it to update.
Note: I know using mdfind to search with ...
