Search doesn't find anything in a folder

Just updated to macOS Big Sur, whenever I hit to search something in a folder, it doesn't show anything, despite there being a lot of files named exactly like what I'm looking for.

Any ideas?

Posted on Jul 4, 2021 8:57 AM

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leroydouglas

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Jul 4, 2021 9:34 AM in response to maksymilian19

maksymilian19 wrote:

Just updated to macOS Big Sur, whenever I hit to search something in a folder, it doesn't show anything, despite there being a lot of files named exactly like what I'm looking for.

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/8b738f6f-f8c9-4d9b-9627-cb92e12cf3d2

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/f6fec39c-15be-43d2-ada9-37ff19b3e2d6

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