Search for Specific Document Types in Mac OS X
A quick tip for Mac OS X Lion users tonight.
Previously, I have covered the way to search for specific document types using Windows Search which ended up being rather unintuitive and complex for a regular user (and to be honest, I forgot about the command as well).
The good news is that under Mac OS X Lion it’s somewhat easier to narrow your searches by file type. All you need to do is prefix the document type with “kind:” followed by the document type. So you might try the following:
kind: excel
kind: pdf
kind: word
It’s a fairly simple way to home in on a file when you know the file type but perhaps not the name
Boydo
My name is Boyd and I’m a Service Management Specialist with a knack for operational data gathering, transformation, analysis and reporting.
In 2012, I obtained my Masters of Science in Information Technology through the University of New South Wales @ The Australia Defence Force Academy (UNSW@ADFA).
I was also part of an online community known as the Panasonic Insider Crew in the capacity of “Insider Guru” for Panasonic Australia where I interacted with other tech enthusiasts and find out more about Panasonic's latest gadgets.
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