Find Older Posts: [username] site:discussions.apple.com

by: TheLittles

Last modified: Aug 22, 2021 2:17 AM

4 15341 Last modified Aug 22, 2021 2:17 AM

The [username] site:discussions.apple.com Search String:

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Find your Much Older Posts on Apple Discussions Forums:

Today, it is a bit difficult to find your older Apple Discussion Community - ones that you may have participated in a while back. So, use this Search String in a Search Engine:

[username] site:discussions.apple.com

To Filter This Further:

From there, you could use dual quotations and Plus. That would filter it down to certain posts that contain the words phrase "Temporary Internet Files".

Two Examples of Search Queues in Google:

Screenshot 1: Find Every Post that I have Participated in, as of this Post:

thelittles site:discussions.apple.com

Screenshot 2: Find my Participations Concerning Clearing Temporary Internet Files:

"temporary internet files"+"thelittles" site:discussions.apple.com

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Screenshots:

Screenshot 1: Find Every Post that I have Participated in, as of this Post:

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Screenshot 2: Find my Participations Concerning Clearing Temporary Internet Files:

TheLittles

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(202,805 points)

Jul 11, 2020 2:42 AM

View This Post That I Answered: My Posts - Apple Communities

The OP's URL: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250826848

The Answered Reply's URL: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250826848?answerId=251571660022#251571660022

Note: On the date of the post (Nov 6, 2019), having a post being rated as "Recommended" was overwhelmingly behind schedule, due to a major software overhaul, and many had to locate their posts. Using this Google Search Queue, is what solved this post. What was recommended as the solution: intext:"agertas" site:discussions.apple.com

A Screenshot:

Jul 11, 2020 2:42 AM

Limnos

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Aug 19, 2021 2:09 PM

Nice user tip. Some observations:

If you're using Google and wish to select a particular time range you can also select Tools and then the tab on the left that starts "Any Time" and change it to a time range you want to search.
One nice thing about the time range is you can search back to early days of the support site for posts no longer available with an Apple search.
Note that the search does not turn up all posts by a user. I suspect results are only posts that were up when Google's spiders crawled the Apple site so results are snapshots, not a complete listing.
It will only show results for Apple Support Communities posts that are visible to all level users.

Aug 19, 2021 2:09 PM

TheLittles

Level 10

(202,805 points)

Aug 22, 2021 2:17 AM

Limnos Said:

"Nice user tip.”

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Thank you for the complement Limnos!

Some Notes:

I first learned about making Google search queries in this book:

Google Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools