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Title: How to run advanced Spotlight searches in the Finder
Post by: HCK on May 29, 2015, 09:00:11 am
How to run advanced Spotlight searches in the Finder

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<p>In my previous two articles about using Spotlight on Yosemite, I looked at Spotlight basics (http://www.macworld.com/article/2919029/how-to-use-spotlight-in-yosemite-to-search-for-files-apps-web-info-and-more.html) and then showed you how to construct search queries with Spotlight (http://www.macworld.com/article/2922601/how-to-create-good-queries-in-yosemites-spotlight.html). In this final article, I'm going to move from Spotlight to the Finder, and show you how to perform even more advanced searches.</p><p>When you search in the Finder, you're actually searching the Spotlight index on your disk; you just perform your searches from the Finder's search field instead of the Spotlight menu. And, when you move to the Finder, you have even more power to search.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2926631/how-to-run-advanced-spotlight-searches-in-the-finder.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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