Tip: How to get Spotlight (Tahoe) to search in Finder

Type search term in Spotlight.

R click one of the results

Select ‘Show in Finder'


HTH

Mac Studio, macOS 26.0

Posted on Sep 30, 2025 1:34 AM

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Oct 4, 2025 12:16 AM in response to dialabrain

I have not found the new Spotlight use useful compared to the old spotlight under macOS Sequoia.


Sometimes I'm searching for a file or folder and I'm not sure of the exact name and I would say 80% of the time the new macOS Tahoe search function works and I find it. But sometimes I scroll all the way to the end of the results and cannot find it.


I had been opening up a Finder window and then the same exact search term yields many more results, and I have always found what I was looking for.


The suggestion in my post here is a quicker way to get to that Finder search which seems to have many more results.


Note: this has happened when I'm searching for a document even if I first click "pages" or searching for a folder and first click "folder."

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Tip: How to get Spotlight (Tahoe) to search in Finder

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