Hi Kevin I don't like spotlight for that reason! I use EasyFind and there are a couple on the app store and I am sure many others :)
Roger On Mon Jul 18 16:05 , Kevin <[email protected]> sent: > >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 - >[email protected]','','','')">[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]>
