Find Option Modes
Basic Options
The following criteria are always available:
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Name - There are 20 name search options. |
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File type - files only |
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Creator signature - files only |
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Contents - normal (ignore case and diacritical marks), case-sensitive (ignore diacritical marks), and exact (case and diacritical marks count) - files only |
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Label |
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Specify files, folders, or both |
More Options
To expand the number of criteria used in the search, use the More Options disclosure triangle. When expanded, the search can also use the following criteria:
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Creation and Modified dates - a wide range of options is provided |
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Minimum and maximum sizes - specified in bytes, kilobytes, or megabytes |
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File versions |
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Optionally ignore items in the System folder, Preferences folder, or the Trash. |
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Optionally exclude or restrict to applications, documents, folders, or items with specific Finder flags |
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Restrict the search to, or exclude specific folders |
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Exclude or restrict the search to invisible items (basic options limit searches to visible items) |
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Advanced searches using plug-ins |
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