Finder cannot "find" Numbers Spreadsheets

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Finder cannot "find" Numbers Spreadsheets

Weird issue after latest Ventura update. If I use search in Finder to locate documents of the kind Numbers Spreadsheet the result is a short list of only those files on my iCloud drive and they appear as kind Pages or PDF! If I search for file names containing .numbers I get the entire list from my Mac. Spotlight also finds all the .numbers documents correctly.

I've rebuilt the Spotlight Index for the entire disk, deleted the Finder plist, restarted in Safe Mode. Always the same behaviour and no other file types are affected.

Any thoughts?

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 13.6

Posted on Sep 29, 2023 3:56 PM

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Answer 1

AlizaG

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Jun 19, 2024 5:37 PM in response to TrevTrev

I have the same issue, on a MacBook Pro with Sonoma 14.0. When I search in the Finder for "numbers", and choose from the dropdown that opens Kind > Numbers Spreadsheets, nothing is found. When I type "kind: numbers" into the Finder search window, it finds my numbers sheets.

So, the dropdown that appears under the Finder search window and offers to search for "kind" does not yield the correct results.

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Answer 2

VikingOSX

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Oct 1, 2023 6:19 AM in response to TrevTrev

In either the menu extras Spotlight (🔍) tool, or an open Finder search window, enter:

kind:numbers

or

name:.numbers

And only Numbers documents will be found, provided you selected the Spreadsheets category in System Settings : Siri & Spotlight panel prior to rebuilding your Spotlight index.

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Answer 3

Oct 1, 2023 4:47 AM in response to TrevTrev

If you go to Finder > Settings > Advanced, check what is selected at the bottom next to item labeled,

"When performing a search" If you are not already in the folder where your spreadsheets are then rather than

"Search the Current Folder", you'd want to select, "Search This Mac".

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Answer 4

TrevTrev Author

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Oct 1, 2023 11:37 AM in response to Randall_2023

Thx, and starting from Spotlight does indeed work even when I use the 'search finder' option from the results window. Also, this works for Finder directly....BUT...if I just type 'numbers' into the Finder search and then select Numbers Spreadsheets from the drop down I only get those stored on iCloud. So your solution works, but there is something "off" with Finder still, I think.

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Finder cannot "find" Numbers Spreadsheets

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