Then you'll get a long long LONG list of the attributes you can use to search.
To do that, click the plus button, and then select the first drop-down menu (which is probably labeled "Kind"), and choose "Other." However, I think one of the best features here is that you can use a ton of advanced searching attributes that aren't listed in the default menu. For example, you could set up a search for all PNGs with particular text in their names that were created after a certain date, as below: Normally, you can use this to configure several different criteria for your search, so you could keep hitting that plus button to add new parameters until you get exactly what you want to find. After you do that, you'll see a small plus button appear below your search. Then type your search term in the box in the upper-right corner of the window. To check it out, first open a Finder window by clicking on its icon in your Dock. plists) that you may need when you're troubleshooting problems. Hey, it's convenient! But you may not know that the Finder has a more advanced way to search, and with this method, you can do some pretty awesome stuff when you're looking for your files, including searching for system resources (like. We've all gotten so accustomed to using Spotlight for our Mac-searching needs.