Finding files on the Mac
On the Mac you can use Spotlight to quickly and easily find files on your computer. But there are a lot of files that Spotlight can't find - files related to the system itself are not indexed by Spotlight for example. And some people don't like using Spotlight since the indexing of the disc takes up resources.
Since the Mac is based on UNIX, there is the UNIX command find that can be used to find any file on the disk without having to resort to indexing. It's slower when you search, but it doesn't slow you down when you are not searching. Since most people don't like executing commands on the UNIX command line, someone has written an app called FindAnyFile (http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/index.html) to act as an interface.
Using this application, you can find any file on your Mac including those not indexed by Spotlight and including files owned by the root user (provided you know the root password).
Since the Mac is based on UNIX, there is the UNIX command find that can be used to find any file on the disk without having to resort to indexing. It's slower when you search, but it doesn't slow you down when you are not searching. Since most people don't like executing commands on the UNIX command line, someone has written an app called FindAnyFile (http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/index.html) to act as an interface.
Using this application, you can find any file on your Mac including those not indexed by Spotlight and including files owned by the root user (provided you know the root password).
| Link: | apps.tempel.org...Search for more tips related to this link |
| Rating: | 50% positive, 2 total Votes |
| Categories: | Mac files search free |
| Added: | on Jan 06, 2009 at 11:37 am |
| Added By: | an anonymous user |
| Searches: | file mac find search spotlight |
