OS X: How do you search for file types ONLY?

I use spotlight

eg to find all jpg image files just enter ".jpg"

 

Click the 'Kind' pop-up box and choose 'File Extension' (you may have to click on 'Other...' first to enable it), and you can type your file extension in the box next to it.

Also, you might want to make sure 'This Mac' is selected so that it searches the whole drive.

 

It can be easily done with system tools.

1. You can easily search via Spot Light if you put a dot before filetype name.
2. As well it is possible to use Finder and specify in search preferences "Kinds -> Disk Image" in case of .dmg files.

 

When Spotlight comes up with it's results, try double clicking on "Show All In Finder" at the bottom of the list.

 

Thread resurrected from 2008.

 

Ahh...but not by me.

Seven and a half years. Could be a new record.

 

Nah, I saw one resurrected from 2005 recently.

 

I often wonder how the resurrectees come across these old topics.

 

Hey, it was on a first Google page if you search by a very narrow phrase I've found answers on other pages and decided to post the same here.