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Tips how to understand search on smart folders? or terminal's mdfind command?

2 pointsby OOvsuOOalmost 3 years ago
I am frustrated with doing file searches on MacOS. I used to love mdfind. It was so fast and gave me hits on everything no matter where I was in a directory. Parts of filename, or something in the file would show up on mdfind. Now it's like not giving a search. I copied the exact filename and not a hit. I tried using the regular smart folder setting it to show recent images created, modified, and opened. Fiddled around with that after changing it to 2 days I got two results. But there should be three! And even when I put down 1 day it would not show up even when it was created "Today" it should have shown up in search. The search function is totally obfuscated and I'm at loss to figure out a reliable search method for this computer. MacOS running 11.3.1

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