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The act of searching for data by providing keywords which are either checked directly against contents, or against a search index in order to provide relevant results.

The act of searching for data by providing keywords which are either checked directly against contents, or against a search index in order to provide relevant results.

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How can I search my entire drive for a file without getting recursively stuck in /Volumes?

I'm looking for a txt file that contains a word. However when I search my hard drive (or my TimeCapsule backup) I always get stuck in a recursive search of /Volumes/Hard Drive (etc). The hardlink (or softlink, not sure) is causing me to never…
makerofthings7
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Locate empty folders within a folder

I want to find all folders within a given folder that contain no files (but folders are ok). This needs to be recursive - it looks in all child folders. I can find folders that are completely empty using the Number if Items search criteria set to…
dunxd
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How to use find to get only string sequence, not within other words

How do I use the Command ⌘+F find to get only a in the text a apple, instead of highlighting both a and a in the word "apple".
mko
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Search inputs are synced accross applications, how to disable?

A colleague of mine has macOS 10.15 (Catalina) and complained about the following thing: He uses the search bar in Mail and searches for something. Then in Xcode he presses CMD+F and sees the same email address there as the search input. We have…
Martin Ueding
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apple id locked

I forgot my apple iPhone 6 iCloud username and password and need help resetting. I went to a shop for selling my phone then seller took my phone and rested it after that I forgot my apple ID and I couldn't active my phone.what can I do?
sara
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Search within specified folder gives results but within 'This Mac' gives none

I type Cmd-F and call up a search window; my search parameters are 'Name contains "xyz"'. Currently the search is limited to the current folder (~/library/preferences) and gives two results. Thinking to widen the search to see what extra…
RickL
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