Spotlight has quite a few search operators available. http://www.askdavetaylor.com/spotlight_insider_power_search_tricks_mac_spotlight.html
Glenn Nicholas OM4 :: On 18 July 2011 16:05, Kevin <[email protected]> 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<http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > > > Guidelines - > <http://www.wamug.org.au/**mailinglist/guidelines.shtml<http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > > > Unsubscribe - > <mailto:wamug-unsubscribe@**wamug.org.au<[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]>
