Spotlight "Kind" does not work.

dacloodacloo
Posted:
in macOS edited January 2014
http://www.apple.com/macosx/tips/spotlight.html



I am trying to enter the kind: keyword in Spotlight, but it is ignored by Spotlight (also in Finder), it simply shows all kind of filetypes. How can I do some more advanced searching?



Thanks!

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 4
    zoczoc Posts: 77member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by dacloo

    http://www.apple.com/macosx/tips/spotlight.html



    I am trying to enter the kind: keyword in Spotlight, but it is ignored by Spotlight (also in Finder), it simply shows all kind of filetypes. How can I do some more advanced searching?



    Thanks!



    Works for me... But I have to use "type:" keyword instead of "kind:", because I use MacOSX in french.
  • Reply 2 of 4
    kwsanderskwsanders Posts: 327member
    No problems here on 10.4.4. I use "kind:image" all the time when searching my photographs.
  • Reply 3 of 4
    trobertstroberts Posts: 702member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by dacloo

    http://www.apple.com/macosx/tips/spotlight.html



    I am trying to enter the kind: keyword in Spotlight, but it is ignored by Spotlight (also in Finder), it simply shows all kind of filetypes. How can I do some more advanced searching?



    Thanks!



    What is the exact text you type into Spotlight and Finder because I have no problems searching for and getting pdf files.
  • Reply 4 of 4
    dacloodacloo Posts: 890member
    I'm Dutch and using a dutch version of OSX.



    I tried:



    1. kind:image

    2. type:image

    3. soort:image



    Without and with a name after those lines....e.g:

    kind:image tree





    not working
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