"easy find" is one & to manage cd/dvds & other external media i'm using "diskcatalogmaker" (shareware) James
SAD Technic U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) [email protected] http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. On 18/07/2011, at 4:05 PM, Kevin wrote: > > A friend in Sydney has been a long time PC user and programmer and has > recently bought a MacBook. He is lamenting the absence of a PC search called > 'Wildcards'. The techo term for Wildcards is 'regular expressions' (regex). > > He has loads of data on external drives and if he searches with a search word > in spotlight it won't find what he is after, but on his PC 'Wildcards' finds > all references to the search word. > > He asked me about it but I haven't a clue. Is there something that enhances > a spotlight search on Mac? > > thanks, > > Kevin > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
