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How Do I Change the Find Default Search Criteria?

I want to search all types of files by filename and sort by Date Modified. Spotlight divides them in categories by type but I want them in one list. Cmd-F defaults to Search “Kind” “All”. I want it to come up Search “Name” “Contains”. Thanks Gary!
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Joan Matsukawa

Comments: 3 Responses to “How Do I Change the Find Default Search Criteria?”

    7 years ago

    I don't think there is any way to set defaults. If you want to do the same search often, you may want to use Smart Folders instead.

    Joan Matsukawa
    7 years ago

    Mahalo Gary! Was afraid of that since it's a two-stepper. I liked the old Cmd-Shift-F that used to get that for me. But had another two step idea - create a Desktop with your search window. Ohhhh can you make a keyboard shortcut to open a Smart Folder?

    7 years ago

    Joan: You can put the Smart Folder in the Finder sidebar, so that's pretty easy to access, maybe even preferable to a keyboard shortcut.

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