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  1. selectric

    Selectric - Private, unified search for Outlook, Gmail, Drive, Slack and more

    I’m a heavy user of email and documents at both work and home and frequently find myself struggling to find urgent information I need across the sprawl of my email inbox and cloud storage. I find that Gmail or Drive search isn’t the best so finding a mail from even a month back is way more...
  2. MacProRumours

    Stationery Pad ~ how to *list* all such files previously so marked?

    In the Finder (Info) I've checked a large number of files to be Stationery Pads (template-type files). Stationery Pad files, that I'd now like to consider together in a single Finder Window. Under the pop-up menu Kind, "Other" is listed at the bottom. One of these (as in above image) is...
    • MacProRumours
    • Thread
    • file finder macos other search stationery stationery pad terminal
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  3. RazorBackXX

    Safari Extension for autofilling job applications? Is

    Hey my friends quick question I'm sick and tired of copying and pasting things into all these job applications. Is there a way to auto fill it? There's a new extension in the chrome browser called simplify copilot but I hate Google and I don't want to use anything Google related especially...
    • RazorBackXX
    • Thread
    • autofill browser extension extension macbook safari search
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  4. K

    MightyGrep - A text searching and file finding tool

    Hello All I'm developing a cross-platform application and I'm looking for feedback from macOS users. With this application, you can search for text within files and for filenames themselves. It has been in development for a few months and now it's ready for public beta. There is a free demo for...
  5. T

    tvOS 17: AppleTV doesn't search for videos anymore

    Hello everyone, I have an AppleTV 4K (3rd Generation). It comes with the new USB-C Siri Remote, the one in aluminium with black buttons. The search functionality has always worked fine.* I've always been able to press the "search" button on the side of the remote, and use my voice to give it a...
  6. H

    File comparison utility app

    Hi all. I'm after a recommendation for an app that will do two things; 1. Take any file I give it as an input and search across a specific file or volume for any other file that is actually the same but might have been renamed, or might be a duplicate of the original. I'd like it to be able to...
    • H2SO4
    • Thread
    • compare find search
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  7. ivanicin

    Universal Do you think that GPT/LLM is the future of App Store search?

    To say that App Store search is broken isn't anything particularly new. At this point Apple appears to be using only the app title, subtitle, keywords, category name and some metrics that it has regarding the apps that may influence the app to rank higher for searches but not to rank for more...
  8. purdnost

    Unable to Toggle Settings from Spotlight

    I have been seeing videos of users toggling settings from Spotlight. Typing “Settings,” for example, brings up a list of settings that can be toggled. Likewise, typing specific settings like “Bluetooth“ should also work, but I just get a link that opens the setting from the Settings app, there...
    • purdnost
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    • ios 17 search settings spotlight
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: iOS 17
  9. Gravydog316

    Spotlight not finding results on external hard drive

    Hi, so my mom reinstalled macOS Ventura 13.5 on our iMac, Finder & Spotlight are returning search results on our iMac hard drive, but now are not returning any search results on our external hard drive, even though it was before the re-installation... I tried adding & removing both the iMac HD...
  10. K

    Missing duplicate menu and photos

    Hello. I have a MacBook Pro from 2015. It's hard drive is quite full and I would like to remove duplicate photos. I have long been aware that many duplicate file finder apps/software search only for name and/or file size. Since any of us have old photos taken on cameras what frequently have the...
    • KimiB33
    • Thread
    • duplicate file file names find locates photo search
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  11. M

    Finder Search function (SD Card)

    Problem: Why can the Finder not find "Metroid - Zero Mission (USA).gba" when searching for Name contains: Metroid when it is clearly there? Does it need time to index, if so where is the status of that!?
  12. Strawberry Watch

    Is there a way to only show ios contacts that have emails only?

    Hi I want to find an old contact that is a name and email only. I have no recollection of the details other than that. Is there any way or app to filter contacts by email only contacts? It can be either via MacOS or iOS, I just need to find it. I have a floaty timeline of when I acquired the...
    • Strawberry Watch
    • Thread
    • apps contacts email filter ios macos search
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
  13. A

    Nothing comes up in Finder search, even for files I can see that are present

    Absolutely nothing comes up when I search in the finder window, even if I search for files that I can see in another window. I'm running Ventura 13.0.1 How can I fix this?
  14. Thor774

    2022 and we still can't search within a conversation in Messages

    I have been an iOS user since the iPhone 4 and love the mobile OS, but certain things still puzzle me. How is it that in 2022 we are still unable to search from within a single conversation in iOS Messages? Almost all major messaging apps like Facebook Messenger, Whatsapp, and others offer this...
    • Thor774
    • Thread
    • messages search
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iOS 16
  15. VitoBotta

    Which search engine do you use regularly?

    I am trying to move away from Google due to the excessive ads and tracking, and also because it is known that some results are "too personalized", so biased. I have been playing with various alternatives; it seems that DuckDuckGo is the most popular privacy focused search engine but I tried it...
  16. Thor774

    How to search for multiple occurrences of a keyword inside one conversation in Messages?

    I know how search on Messages on iPhone work, you search for a keyword and you get results from multiple conversations. But how do you restrict your search to only one conversation and get multiple results with the keyword inside just that conversation? When I search for a keyword in Messages...
  17. T

    'Search' finder strange results

    Hi, 11.4 Big Sur I have a folder of .png files, i click one and press spcebar - it previews it fine. But when i search the folder for a name, it pulls back all those files in the reuslts sure, but it gives them all a different icon, and when i press space bar to preview them they start playing...
  18. Sovon Halder

    Why is Safari so Dumb?

    This happens to every website. I type up to "macru"... I even have a bookmark for macrumors but still the "smart search field" decides to prompt me with a random website link, in this case some stupid us5.list-manage.com.
    • Sovon Halder
    • Thread
    • auto safari search smart suggest
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: macOS
  19. SkimPappa

    Emoji search keyboard button removal

    Is it possible to remove this button for emoji search? I accidentally hit it all the time trying to hit the recent emojis button. Thanks in advance!
    • SkimPappa
    • Thread
    • emoji keyboard search
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iOS 14
  20. L

    Most useful Mac keyboard shortcut not working

    Hey Guys! I am driving mad and will much appreciate your help On US keyboards you hit cmd+? or cmd+shift+/ (i think) to go to help search on any application... what about SPANISH keyboards?? I used to use this a lot! And now, that I have a mac with a spanish keyboard it doesn't function the...
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