make spotlight great again

[whatnot]

forget stupid 'search the web' prompts, do you still get served a row of thumbnails going right and out of frame when searching for images by the file name in beta? are you able to change that? I might just about accept the gimmicky see-through design in exchange for that, because I need - to see - the fricking - image - file - name! and why are the thumbnails grouped under something called 'photos from apps' when they are in their folders? are they going to force me to use photos app to manage my images next? what kind of idiocy is this, why is it not possible to customise something as essential as a search?

I took upgrade leave after High Sierra, and now I feel stupider with each day on this travesty of an OS.

 

[Fishrrman]

I disliked spotlight from the moment it was introduced years ago.
From that time I disabled it, and have never used it since.

For searching, I use one of these two apps:
- EasyFind
or
- Find Any File.

Both are small and free (FAF is shareware, but runs for free).
Once you try them, you probably won't want to bother with spotlight any more...

 

[whatnot]

I disliked spotlight from the moment it was introduced

I'm not sure how you disliking it from the get-go is relevant to me disliking how it went from useful to useless.