Thanks for the suggestion.

I've been using EasyFind for some years. But it does hammer the disc! I was 
hoping to refine the search criteria.

Ranulph


On 31 Mar 2011, at 14:54, Graham Street wrote:

> Take a look at EasyFind from Devon-technologies.com. It's free on their 
> downloads page. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 31 Mar 2011, at 19:45, Ranulph Glanville <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I may be being a very naive searcher, but I do find the search function very 
>> inadequate. Looking for a particular file, I seem, generally, only able to 
>> use one criterion. If I find all the files with some property (eg word in 
>> file name) that appears to match it, whereas I'd like to look for files with 
>> that name and with certain contents. I also find that if I give a title, I 
>> get files with each word of the title, rather than the string. I expect I'm 
>> being very simple about this, but I'd love to be able to search more 
>> effectively.
>> 
>> I know I can open a search window and that helps with documents. But inside 
>> mail, or using spotlight, I find I'm often searching for a needle in a 
>> haystack.
>> 
>> I'm sure someone will be able to point me in the right direction, which is, 
>> no doubt, somewhere obvious!
>> 
>> Thanks, Ranulph
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