Comments on: Improve your Spotlight searches with search operators

By: A Dymoke-Bradshaw

A Dymoke-Bradshaw — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:59:51 +0000

Where are the NOT, AND, NOR, XOR … operators?

By: 11 Must-Know Spotlight Keyboard Shortcuts

11 Must-Know Spotlight Keyboard Shortcuts — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:46:31 +0000

[...] forget that you can use search operators to improve results by looking only for specified file types or dates, and more. We have plenty more [...]

By: Rick Penner

Rick Penner — Sat, 14 May 2011 07:15:42 +0000

Thank you; it’s very helpful to find information like this, which isn’t officially “manualized.” It would be especially helpful (and most likely profitable) to publish some manuals, at different levels (e.g., some people just want to get their email and be done, while others are really interested in how the system works, and how things are implemented, so they can make he most of the computing power they have available. Anyway, your work here was most useful!

By: Using Smart Folders in Mac OS X

Using Smart Folders in Mac OS X — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:39:17 +0000

[...] familiar with Smart Folders, they essentially let you create a virtual folder that uses search operators from Spotlight to let that virtual folder contain any and all files that match the search [...]

By: Search JPEG only within Spotlight - OS X Daily

Search JPEG only within Spotlight - OS X Daily — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:21:33 +0000

[...] a whole post on search operators within Spotlight if you’re [...]

By: Set Spotlight Search Priorities - OS X Daily

Set Spotlight Search Priorities - OS X Daily — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:53:43 +0000

[...] you’re interested, learn how to greatly improve Spotlight searches with search operators, you will be amazed how precise you can get your Spotlight searches to [...]

By: Gnuut

Gnuut — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:24:36 +0000

Fabulous – Apple has managed to convert Spotlight into a command-line utility. Yuck!

By: James Ogilvie

James Ogilvie — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:58:31 +0000

Nice set of tips. November is the 11th month, however. ;o)