I'm new to mac (6 months). I'm just now starting to use Spotlight as a primary means to find what I'm looking for.
I've noticed, that spotlight doesn't necessarily find all information I type in.
First Example: I have several PDF documents. If I do a Spotlight search for a particular word, it will only give a few files and not all the files with the word I specifically tried to search for.
Second Example: When searching for a contact, I'll type in the last name, and only a few contacts will come up with that name...not all of them.
It acts as if it is only searching previously opened contacts/files...but I know this isn't the case.
Can someone explain what's going on here...and how I can use Spotlight more efficiently?
EDIT* Command/Space brings up spotlight. Option/Command/Space brings up spotlight for "This Mac" What's the difference? In the above question, I've been doing the Command/Space.
Thanks,
Cosmo
I've noticed, that spotlight doesn't necessarily find all information I type in.
First Example: I have several PDF documents. If I do a Spotlight search for a particular word, it will only give a few files and not all the files with the word I specifically tried to search for.
Second Example: When searching for a contact, I'll type in the last name, and only a few contacts will come up with that name...not all of them.
It acts as if it is only searching previously opened contacts/files...but I know this isn't the case.
Can someone explain what's going on here...and how I can use Spotlight more efficiently?
EDIT* Command/Space brings up spotlight. Option/Command/Space brings up spotlight for "This Mac" What's the difference? In the above question, I've been doing the Command/Space.
Thanks,
Cosmo
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