Searchlight fails to find files on my Mac
Good evening,
I am trying to find a file on my MAC (OS 10.14) using Searchlight. It seems to pull up hundreds of files which have no likely connection to the search phrase.
So to make sure I am doing it correctly, I open my documents folder and pick a file. I type the name with extension exactly as it shows in the Finder: Cost Estimates.xls. It comes back with no Excel files but it picks up two Word documents. For example, one was "What is due diligence.doc" I opened it in Word and of course both cost and estimates were in the text. But I want to find it in a file title.
Clicking "Show all in Finder" finally turned it up at the bottom of a long list of files under a category of "Other"
So are there any tricks to limit the search to get a smaller result set?
Thanks for any help. This is really frustrating.
Hugh
MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.14