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Gattz

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Oct 20, 2008
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How does Spotlight's "contents" work? I searched for one file, and under the "Content's filter, I had a couple of my wallpapers show up. Why is this? I don't think the term I searched for has anything to do with those wallpapers.
 
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How does Spotlight's "contents" work? I searched for one file, and under the "Content's filter, I had a couple of my wallpapers show up. Why is this? I don't think the term I searched for has anything to do with those wallpapers.

A little like a spell checker...It picks up the characters you type in and finds the closest match...Bit like doing a Google search if that makes sense.
 
Okay, I understand it is like a search engine and if I click the "File Name" tab I will get files that have that name in them, but when I click on the "Contents" tab I get things like my wallpapers, which do not have the term I searched for in the file name. My question is why is this? In fact, I searched the same term just now and I got different wallpapers and images than the last time.

If you're not sure what I mean, open a Finder window, and search for something on the top right corner of the window.
 
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