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Apple is not without sin here. Spotlight is notorious for not finding files that are currently visible in a Finder window because the mdfind index didn't get up
by dreamcompiler 9y ago
Apple is not without sin here. Spotlight is notorious for not finding files that are currently visible in a Finder window because the mdfind index didn't get updated properly. You can rebuild the mdfind index with a terminal command but that's too obscure for non-experts and it takes hours.
- digikata 9y agoI think all of the Desktop environments do poor to terrible on internal search. I remember using a utility on Windows that just kept a live indexed filename database because Windows search couldn't even find filenames correctly at the time: Ah here void tools everything. Loved that util. Gaps in the "recent files" coverage are always so noticeable over all the environments too.
- jandrese 9y agoWindows 7 does a terrible job of indexing your user directory. It's extremely frustrating to know the exact name of a file and yet Windows can't locate it because it is in AppData or something.