Limit Spotlight search to a folder

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Limit Spotlight search to a folder

How can I limit my file search using Spotlight to a folder? Right now, it's searching the entire hard drive and the search results do not show the path of each file or allow me to sort files by paths.

Thanks.

iBookG4, Mac OS X (10.5.7), Lifelong Windows user evaluating Mac - 1.2 GHz PowerPC - 768 MB RAM

Posted on Jun 21, 2009 9:24 PM

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Answer 1

Chris CA

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Jun 21, 2009 9:44 PM in response to WinToMacEval

Select the folder in the Finder and type what you are searching for in the search box at the top right.
Once it starts to search, click on the folder name next to *Search: * and also click *File Name*.
Both of these are just above the folder/files area in the Finder window.

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Answer 2

WinToMacEval Author

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Jun 22, 2009 3:12 PM in response to Chris CA

Awesome. Thanks. I didn't know that I needed to double click on a folder first to make that folder name appear on Finder's title bar before starting a search in order for the search to be conducted only within the folder.

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Answer 3

Jun 23, 2009 1:22 PM in response to WinToMacEval

thank you both. I had the same question. 😮

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