Dragging into the Find Window

    There are two reasons to drag a file or folder into the find window:
    To copy one or more of the item's attributes to the find window to facilitate finding a similar item.
    To add a folder to the list of folders which should be searched or skipped during the search.

    The following attributes can be copied by dragging an item into the Find window:

    To copy...
    Drag the item to...
    Name To the name field
    File type To the file type field
    Creator To the creator field
    File type and creator Between the those two fields
    All attributes Any other place in the window

      Finding similar items
    Searching specific folders

 


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