Can’t agree, not with search anyway.

On my previous Mac, I could specify multiple search locations. So if I partition my drive and have an external HD, I could specify which partitions to search or specify multiple subfolders. Now I have to do multiple searches on each partition, or wade through loads of backups on the external HD I’m not looking for.

Find defaults to ‘search content’ instead of ‘search file names.’ Usually, I’m looking for a file name. You can’t even index the content of most computer files, so again I have to wade through a load of text files I’m not interested in. I have to manually select “search for file name” every time I do a search.

For each partition, I make an empty search, save the search and store it in the sidebar. Ctrl-click in the sidebar opens the find window with my saved settings, then I type in the search string. But I have to cancel when it asks if I want to save the modified search. That’s more clicks.

I find it takes several seconds longer to search in Snow Leopard, and that much I don’t like. Clicks add up. But thanks for the tip, it makes things a little better.

Can’t agree, not with search anyway.

On my previous Mac, I could specify multiple search locations. So if I partition my drive and have an external HD, I could specify which partitions to search or specify multiple subfolders. Now I have to do multiple searches on each partition, or wade through loads of backups on the external HD I’m not looking for.

Find defaults to ‘search content’ instead of ‘search file names.’ Usually, I’m looking for a file name. You can’t even index the content of most computer files, so again I have to wade through a load of text files I’m not interested in. I have to manually select “search for file name” every time I do a search.

For each partition, I make an empty search, save the search and store it in the sidebar. Ctrl-click in the sidebar opens the find window with my saved settings, then I type in the search string. But I have to cancel when it asks if I want to save the modified search. That’s more clicks.

I find it takes several seconds longer to search in Snow Leopard, and that much I don’t like. Clicks add up. But thanks for the tip, it makes things a little better.