Finder search behavior in ~/Library folder. [Screenshots included]
Hello Everyone,
I'm fairly new to Mac since 2020.
and to get familiar with macOS I used to browse and monitor my Library folder extensivly when I was on Big Sur, my use case was to try to find some application folders/files using finder and see when I delete that app, if there is any leftovers... however all data and folders was available when I search for system/invisible files.
Now, since Ventura (and latest Monterey), when I search in library, some folders/files don't appear in search, for example ~/Library/Caches
while you can find ~/Library/Audio, Accessability, Calendars , etc...
rebuilding spotlight index was no help, even doing clean install led to the same frustration...
I asked many for this specific folder, all of them having the same result (some library folders don't appear in search).
The question is:
Is there anyway to force spotlight to not exclude specific files and folders like ~/Library/Caches?
And if there is not, can we have a list of all excluded folders & files those cannot be indexed nor searched by spotlight in order to browse them manually whenever needed?
first screenshot: my library folder showing Caches (63 sub items) & Audio (3 sub items)
2nd screenshot: when I try to find "Caches" some folders named caches appear in search but non of them ~/Library/Caches
3rd screenshot: showing audio folder appears normally
, enter your search term in the search field, then click Search in Finder at the bottom of the search results.
on the right side of the search window, below the search field.
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that appears. You can set criteria and specify that Any, All, or None of them must be met.