Default Search in finder should be in CURRENT FOLDER not the whole computer

Submission details

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Default Search in finder should be in CURRENT FOLDER not the whole computer

Submitted by renatocoral on October 24, 2008 to Usability

Problem: Normally when you search for files inside FINDER you look for files within a especific folder and that should be the default option. If you are looking for files on the whole computer you can always go directly to Spotlight.

Severity: Medium

Impact: Medium

Status: Fixed

Fixed in Snow Leopard

Discussion (5 comments)

hoopla_punta wrote on October 30, 2008, 3:17pm

Apple thinks that its spotlight is so good that it can search the entire system and give you what you want in 5 seconds. Blame them.

MicrowaveDave wrote on November 3, 2008, 9:33pm

Mac OS 10.3 still offers the functionality renatocoral seeks. This is one of the reasons why all my main production machines are still using 10.3. It is ridiculously easy to filter through folders with hundreds of files and just find the ones you want in less than a second.

For some unknown reason this useful time-saving functionality was removed in Tiger and Leopard. Adding insult to injury, Windows Vista now has this functionality! I can't believe Apple threw away a great feature from its OS only to have it picked up by MS. Makes you want to cry...

itsmelee wrote on April 7, 2009, 3:14am

eieie Windows has it. and now more beautiful and flexible in windows 7.. haha

.Chris wrote on April 20, 2009, 11:14am

apple controling how you use their systems, figures

jono1 wrote on August 12, 2009, 11:50am

Fixed in Snow Leopard (http://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/enhance...efinements.html#finder) - well, you'll get the option to at least.

renatocoral wrote on September 20, 2009, 9:28pm

Changed status from [Not fixed] to [Fixed]