OS 10.4 - Spotlight

twdawson · twdawson #1 (**permalink**)

02-22-2006, 05:22 PM

When using spotlight what i want to do is just search for items that are only contained inside txt or rtf files.
What do i need to type into spotlight to acheive this. i.e find "txt containing blah blah"

surfwax95 · surfwax95 #2 (**permalink**)

02-22-2006, 07:33 PM

Use the "kind:" command . Unfortunately, I don't think there's a "text" kind, due to the fact that there would be far too many results.

Example:

NewYork Trip kind:image

That will narrow it down to only images, but like I said before, I don't think there's a kind:text command...
:mac:

surfwax95 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 27, 2005 Location: Fayetteville, AR Posts: 2,410 Mac Specs: 15" Powerbook G4 • 24" iMac • iPhone 3Gs	02-22-2006, 07:33 PM Use the "kind:" command . Unfortunately, I don't think there's a "text" kind, due to the fact that there would be far too many results. Example: NewYork Trip kind:image That will narrow it down to only images, but like I said before, I don't think there's a kind:text command... :mac: I try to Command+Shift+/ when I can. They're - Their - There \| Two - Too - To \| You're - Your \| MAC - Mac I was on the M-F honor roll for October, 2006.
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twdawson #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 08, 2006 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, England Posts: 124 Mac Specs: Intel Mac Mini with LG Flatron 20" widescreen LCD	02-22-2006, 05:22 PM When using spotlight what i want to do is just search for items that are only contained inside txt or rtf files. What do i need to type into spotlight to acheive this. i.e find "txt containing blah blah"
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