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  1. jnzbunting

    Searching in 'Open Document' window

    Hi all, Currently battling with searching in the system default 'open document' window that pops up in applications when you click file>open. Once in that window, the default searching behaviour is to search entire mac, not the current folder. In finder settings I have told Spotlight to...
    • jnzbunting
    • Thread
    • finder open box searching
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  2. purdnost

    Can’t Hide Siri Suggestions while Searching

    Maybe I’m looking at the wrong setting, or maybe this can’t be hidden, but if I go to search for something, I’m presented with six Siri app suggestions (which can be minimized to show just three). Is there a way to hide his entirely? I assumed Settings > Siri & Search > Suggestions while...
    • purdnost
    • Thread
    • search searching settings siri suggestions
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iOS 14
  3. G

    Spotlight not searching Time Capsule drive, indexing enabled

    When using Spotlight search, it is not finding a specific file, which I know is located on my Time Capsule drive, which, of course, is mounted and indexing thereof is enabled. Please, see below relevant Terminal extract: Martin@Martins-MacBook-Pro ~ % mdutil -s /...
    • genius7
    • Thread
    • catalina external disk network network access disk searching spotlight time capsule
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: macOS Catalina (10.15)
  4. gk_plastics

    Haste (Public Beta) - A macOS app to search the web faster

    Hello everyone, I'm a app developer at Plastic Software, a small indie software maker based in countryside of Japan. We have just released the public beta of a macOS utility app named Haste, hoping that it helps us Mac users to search the web faster. We are planning to submit the app to Mac...
    • gk_plastics
    • Thread
    • productivity apps searching utilities web browsing
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  5. M

    Utility that will search Zips (and .gz) files?

    Looking at the search utilities available on the Mac (Houdaspot and the like), all of them seem to rely on the Spotlight index. The exception, EasyFind, doesn't do what I want, either. Simply put, all I need to do is search a directory that has 50 or so compressed backup (.gz) files for...
  6. D

    Spotlight/Finder/Document Searching Issues

    Okay, so I have a 2010 Macbook Pro, 13.3 inch with 10.6.8. It seems like every time I make a file in textedit or edit one, then try to find it later, I can't. Every few days the file will show back up. I guess this means it's indexing, but there's no indication of that on my laptop by the...
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