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Is there a way to use Spotlight to search for a file on a specific area on my computer? It looks like now Spotlight is focussing more on searching for Music and other areas of the internet instead of focusing on my own computer. And for that, there are already other engines that do a better job.

Posted on Feb 6, 2021 11:22 AM

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Posted on Feb 6, 2021 12:45 PM

Open a Finder window and enter a term in the Search Field appropriate for the file

you want to find, after entering a term in the Search field you will see a Save and + button

appear, click on the plus button and a set of options should pop up where you can narrow the

search criteria, you click on the next + button to add more search criteria and so on until you

locate the file you wanted.

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Feb 6, 2021 12:45 PM in response to donlobeto

Open a Finder window and enter a term in the Search Field appropriate for the file

you want to find, after entering a term in the Search field you will see a Save and + button

appear, click on the plus button and a set of options should pop up where you can narrow the

search criteria, you click on the next + button to add more search criteria and so on until you

locate the file you wanted.

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