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In the Finder (Info) I've checked a large number of files to be Stationery Pads (template-type files). Stationery Pad files, that I'd now like to consider together in a single Finder Window. Under the pop-up menu Kind, "Other" is listed at the bottom. One of these (as in above image) is...

Hey my friends quick question I'm sick and tired of copying and pasting things into all these job applications. Is there a way to auto fill it? There's a new extension in the chrome browser called simplify copilot but I hate Google and I don't want to use anything Google related especially...

Hello All I'm developing a cross-platform application and I'm looking for feedback from macOS users. With this application, you can search for text within files and for filenames themselves. It has been in development for a few months and now it's ready for public beta. There is a free demo for...

Hello everyone, I have an AppleTV 4K (3rd Generation). It comes with the new USB-C Siri Remote, the one in aluminium with black buttons. The search functionality has always worked fine.* I've always been able to press the "search" button on the side of the remote, and use my voice to give it a...

Hi all. I'm after a recommendation for an app that will do two things; 1. Take any file I give it as an input and search across a specific file or volume for any other file that is actually the same but might have been renamed, or might be a duplicate of the original. I'd like it to be able to...

To say that App Store search is broken isn't anything particularly new. At this point Apple appears to be using only the app title, subtitle, keywords, category name and some metrics that it has regarding the apps that may influence the app to rank higher for searches but not to rank for more...

I have been seeing videos of users toggling settings from Spotlight. Typing “Settings,” for example, brings up a list of settings that can be toggled. Likewise, typing specific settings like “Bluetooth“ should also work, but I just get a link that opens the setting from the Settings app, there...

Hi, so my mom reinstalled macOS Ventura 13.5 on our iMac, Finder & Spotlight are returning search results on our iMac hard drive, but now are not returning any search results on our external hard drive, even though it was before the re-installation... I tried adding & removing both the iMac HD...

Hello. I have a MacBook Pro from 2015. It's hard drive is quite full and I would like to remove duplicate photos. I have long been aware that many duplicate file finder apps/software search only for name and/or file size. Since any of us have old photos taken on cameras what frequently have the...

Problem: Why can the Finder not find "Metroid - Zero Mission (USA).gba" when searching for Name contains: Metroid when it is clearly there? Does it need time to index, if so where is the status of that!?

Hi I want to find an old contact that is a name and email only. I have no recollection of the details other than that. Is there any way or app to filter contacts by email only contacts? It can be either via MacOS or iOS, I just need to find it. I have a floaty timeline of when I acquired the...

Absolutely nothing comes up when I search in the finder window, even if I search for files that I can see in another window. I'm running Ventura 13.0.1 How can I fix this?

I have been an iOS user since the iPhone 4 and love the mobile OS, but certain things still puzzle me. How is it that in 2022 we are still unable to search from within a single conversation in iOS Messages? Almost all major messaging apps like Facebook Messenger, Whatsapp, and others offer this...

I am trying to move away from Google due to the excessive ads and tracking, and also because it is known that some results are "too personalized", so biased. I have been playing with various alternatives; it seems that DuckDuckGo is the most popular privacy focused search engine but I tried it...

I know how search on Messages on iPhone work, you search for a keyword and you get results from multiple conversations. But how do you restrict your search to only one conversation and get multiple results with the keyword inside just that conversation? When I search for a keyword in Messages...

Hi, 11.4 Big Sur I have a folder of .png files, i click one and press spcebar - it previews it fine. But when i search the folder for a name, it pulls back all those files in the reuslts sure, but it gives them all a different icon, and when i press space bar to preview them they start playing...

This happens to every website. I type up to "macru"... I even have a bookmark for macrumors but still the "smart search field" decides to prompt me with a random website link, in this case some stupid us5.list-manage.com.

Is it possible to remove this button for emoji search? I accidentally hit it all the time trying to hit the recent emojis button. Thanks in advance!

Hey Guys! I am driving mad and will much appreciate your help On US keyboards you hit cmd+? or cmd+shift+/ (i think) to go to help search on any application... what about SPANISH keyboards?? I used to use this a lot! And now, that I have a mac with a spanish keyboard it doesn't function the...

Maybe I’m looking at the wrong setting, or maybe this can’t be hidden, but if I go to search for something, I’m presented with six Siri app suggestions (which can be minimized to show just three). Is there a way to hide his entirely? I assumed Settings > Siri & Search > Suggestions while...