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carlsson

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Jul 18, 2001
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Situation:
• SMB share
• Windows users
• Some Mac users

Problem:
Mac users can’t search for parts of file names—they have to type the entire file name to get results.

Example:
File name: "0000042667.jpg"
Searching for "42667" shows no results.
Searching for "0000042667" finds the correct file.

The SMB share is hosted in a data center on a Windows Terminal Server that we rent.

Is there something I can ask the provider to install or enable to make it work properly?
(I vaguely remember this being a known issue between Windows file servers and macOS a few years ago.)

Alternatively, is there a macOS extension or workaround that solves this?

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