4) kind:mail Perfect. (I don't want too many more folders!)
But I have to say the indev stuff looks really helpful and I'll look into it, though it's a bit pricy if you want all 3 add-ons. Many, many thanks! Ranulph On 1 Apr 2011, at 17:48, Stephen Watson wrote: > I don't think you're 10 years behind, the + was only added in Snow Leopard > or Leopard I think. Someone else may know better .... > > > In Mail it's not so easy and you have four options really (as far as I know): > > 1) Search in Mail > > 2) Set up Smart mailboxes in Mail which allow you to set up permanent search > queries in the same way as the Finder > > 3) Use MailTags - http://www.indev.ca/MailTags.html > > 4) Use Spotlight. Type Kind:mail and then select Show All then use the + as > before in the resulting Finder window. This doesn't work if you just open a > Finder window and type the same thing! > > All free apart from three - poetry! > > Stephen > > > On 1 Apr 2011, at 21:18, Ranulph Glanville wrote: > >> Thank you. I'd missed the + button the last 10 years! >> >> Is there any way of doing an enriched search in mail? Or perhaps there's an >> application? >> >> Ranulph >> >> >> >> >> On 1 Apr 2011, at 15:55, Stephen Watson wrote: >> >>> If you open a Finder window and type into the search box there's an option >>> for searching only the file name and then you can click the + button to add >>> more selective criteria. >>> >>> It can be saved as a smart folder if you use the same query frequently. >>> >>> Stephen >>> >>> On 31 Mar 2011, at 19:45, Ranulph Glanville 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 >>> >>> "We're all in transition - those in Transition Initiatives know it, the >>> rest don't" - Naresh Giangrande, Transition Network > > > "There is more to life than increasing its speed" - Mahatma Gandhi > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
