Click on the Start menu or search bar and type '.' followed by the file extension you wish to search (ex.jpg) and hit the 'Enter' key. Windows will now search for files ending in thte specified extension. Mac OS X Spotlight NOINDEX FIle.abcddb Apple Address Book Contact List Database.bom Mac OS X Bill of Materials File.scbo MacBook EFI Unlock File.sdef AppleScript Dictionary Document.scptd AppleScript Script Bundle.savedsearch Mac OS X Spotlight Saved Search.saver Mac OS X Screensaver File.kext Mac OS X Kernel Extension.hang Mac OS X Hang Log. Finding files and folders on the Mac became easier when Spotlight was introduced in OS X Tiger (10.4), but locating files through the command line can be a bit tricker. File Type Search. OK, I finally figured it out with the following approach: Open finder to the top-level directory you wish to search; Press ⌘ + F; From the search menu options, on the left, choose other; Click the checkbox under the In Menu column for file extension from the popup window and close the popup window by pressing OK; Select file extension from the search menu; Type your file extension in the.
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How To: Searching For File Types In Mac OS X Lion Finder Windows
A new search option which was first delivered in the Mac App Store has made a system wide appearance in Mac OS X Lion. That option is the ability to search by file type or extension rather than by file name.
As you can see from the image at the beginning of this post you simply type kind: pdf or kind:pdf for example and all PDF files within the given area you are searching will be presented. Likewise, as shown below if you simply type kind: doc then all possible formats which are classed as a document will be presented such as a Word Document or a Pixelmator Document. Should you highlight Pixelmator Document for example you will be shown only Pixelmator documents.
You can also perform the same search without using kind:. The difference will be that you will get file names as well as file kinds and extensions in the search results. Hence, using kind: gives you a more specific search window.
![Search Mac For File Type Search Mac For File Type](/uploads/1/2/9/4/129425683/126070916.jpg)
Please note, this does not work in Spotlight. It only works in the search bar of Finder windows.
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Sometimes, if your Mac doesn’t recognize a file type as something that one of its programs can handle, or if you want a specific file type to always open in a specific program, Mac OS X Lion might need a little help from you. Mac OS X Lion lets you specify the application in which you want to open a document in the future when you double-click it. Suppose that you want all .tif graphic files that usually open in Preview to open instead in Pixelmator, a more capable third-party program
More than that, you can specify that you want all documents of that type to open with the specified application. “Where is this magic bullet hidden?” you ask. Right there in the file’s Info window.
Mac Search For File Type
Here’s how you do it:
Mac Os Search For File Type
- Click one of the files in the Finder.
- Choose File→Get Info (Command+I).
- In the Info window, click the gray triangle to disclose the Open With pane.
- From the pop-up menu, choose an application that Mac OS X believes will open this document type.
- (Optional) If you click the Change All button at the bottom of the Open With pane, you make Pixelmator the new default application for all .tif files that would otherwise be opened in Preview.Notice the handy alert that appears when you click the Change All button and how nicely it explains what will happen if you click Continue.