Q: Fixing Search Functionality in Finder

Hey Esquared, even in a name search I get about 10 other files FIRST. I don't understand what changed or why. Seriously, if there was a way of migrating the Finder search of OS 10.6, I would.

It's not about apps either, I just used that as an example. I can literally be in a folder, know the *exact* name of a file, switch the method to name and search within the folder and STILL manage to get irrelevant results. Sometimes when I've manually found the file or folder and have it in sight, I'll perform the search again just to prove to myself that I'm not crazy and Finder's search really has been stuffed up.

Spotlight's the same, except at least in Spotlight you can find apps. I wouldn't trust it for other things.

Here's an example of something I might use. I haven't switched to searching by name, but here's got to be proof that even the 'content' search of Finder doesn't work. Firstly, why is my search alphabetised? Does that make any sense? Secondly, the first result I opened was the word SEGMENT of another word on the 108th page of a pdf in the references. If I haven't cleared my web history in months, and I have about a thousand emails, what are the chances that ECS isn't within one of any of those? Why is it in this search I get an assortment of pdfs but a search for TextEdit will give me a hundred developer files, .plist files, maybe chat transcripts and all the way at the bottom the actual application which contains the full, complete title from my search?

You have a search restriction set.

Good thing you took a screenshot.

I haven't done it.

Arrange by none is the default mode, yet it's still alphabetical.