Replacement For Finder?

[trackbikes]

Finder is the bane of my life!

For example I just searched for a file called "Mark Avatar Small"

and while finder found it it also displayed around 100 files whose names weren't even similar!

Is there a good replacement app or is there a setting change i can make to make it do what it should do?

here is a link to an image I took

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r5AoL2dpp5ifcrusWaBCpPZouRFM0z1K/view

 

[BrianBaughn]

Are you using Finder...or Spotlight?

Doing a Finder search, you can either search “Everything” for the search term(s) or just “Name” (filename).

You can also narrow the search by adding conditions from a long list of conditions.

 

[maflynn]

For example I just searched for a file called "Mark Avatar Small"

Use EasyFind, its a much better tool for searching.

 

[HenryAZ]

For searching, I like Find Any File, written by Thomas Tempelmann. It is a low overhead easy to use basic file finder. Holding the Option key when you press "Find" makes it a root-level search (searching folders such as /etc, /usr, /var). You can limit the search to a drive or folder. It works by itself and does not depend on nor use any Spotlight index/database. The author updates regularlay and is very responsive to suggestions/complaints. It is shareware, he asks for a small donation but it is not required.

As a replacement for Finder itself (as the title of the OP suggests), I recommend Pathfinder by CocoaTech. I have used it for years, but I still from time to time using Finder as well.