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Finder search not working

Finder search not working well enough on new MacBook Pro 14-in with M1 Pro chip. In over 30 years I have never seen this. I cannot effectively search my computer for files. I have had to either a particular file open recently or have it less nested in folders. Moving a file out on the desktop allows system to find it. It appears an issue of depth of folder nesting, the search functions on Finder and Spotlight only work a couple of folders deep? This needs to be fixed!!!

Posted on Apr 4, 2022 10:01 AM

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Posted on Apr 5, 2022 8:00 AM

JS59Apple wrote:

Finder search not working well enough on new MacBook Pro 14-in with M1 Pro chip. In over 30 years I have never seen this. I cannot effectively search my computer for files. I have had to either a particular file open recently or have it less nested in folders. Moving a file out on the desktop allows system to find it. It appears an issue of depth of folder nesting, the search functions on Finder and Spotlight only work a couple of folders deep? This needs to be fixed!!!

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