Finder does not show files on current folder, but it does on "This Mac"

Why should we ned to do all this for something that should work, This is a core function of the finder, it is in its name, "Find"! Apple needs to fix this probem. See in attched image, i seach for the file name with "Grass" in it and you see there are no search results, but there are 8 files in the folder with "grass" in their name!

Apple get it together!!

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Apple needs to fix the problem not make users go through this convoluted workaround, This has been happening for years. Put a re-index button in Disk Utility if they cant fix the core issue. Really pathetic.

Mark J1 wrote:

Why should we ned to do all this for something that should work,

because it doesn’t work for some. You can just not find files in a folder if you want and not go through all the trouble to fix it.

If you want Apple to fix it, contact them. Complaining here does not notify Apple that anything is wrong.

Barney-15E,

I replied a little too quickly earlier today. The solution worked, but only temporarily. When I returned to my computer later in the day (the macbook pro, Apple M1 Pro chip, had gone to sleep, but was not shut down) I attempted a search, but no luck. Same crappy results as before I ran your solution. Does that give you a hint as what else might be causing the problem? Anything you can share would be terrific. Thank you so much!

Hi Barney, Your suggestion looks like a perfect solution, thank you for that. I have exactly the same problem with macOS Sonoma and unfortunately I can't find a solution in the macOS Sonoma group. Did you also solve this problem in macOS Sonoma? Or do you know a link in the macOS Sonoma group on this topic? Thanks for your support.

This worked like a charm for me. Thank you!

By the way, I had just gotten off the phone with AppleCare support and the guy couldn't care less about my problem and said if I absolutely insist on using finder, maybe I can just use the "search this mac" portion. Also, he suggested that absolutely the only solution was to reinstall my operating system. He was quite confident. Honestly, not helpful at all.

Anyhow, thank you! Problem fixed in 3 minutes flat.

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Can't find my earlier reply, so posting again. Sorry if it's a duplicate. Thank you, JCDC85! This worked like a charm for me. Thank you! 

By the way, I had just gotten off the phone with AppleCare support and the guy couldn't care less about my problem and said if I absolutely insist on using finder, maybe I can just use the "search this mac" portion. Also, he suggested that absolutely the only solution was to reinstall my operating system. He was quite confident and not helpful at all.

Anyhow, thank you! Problem fixed in 3 minutes flat.

It was a hunch based on having to remove that folder from an external drive in order to get it to index.

Any ref I can read up to understand?

Excellent! indexing and spotlight problem solved. Many, many thanks.

THANK YOU @Barney-15E! Such an old and recurrent problem. Your fix should head the list of results for this issue!

Worked like a charm for me as well. Thank you, @Barney-15E!

Tip for everyone using the disc utility in a different language: for me, "mounting" was translated as "activate". Hope this helps.

Yours isn't named Data, it's named Macintosh HD-Data.

I haven't figured out if Data is an Apple Silicon thing or a Ventura thing. It only seems to occur for new accounts in Ventura.

I have the same problem on an M1 Mac Studio running Monterey. Can I expect these same instructions to apply for my computer?