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Nov 16, 2004
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Cloud 9 (-6)
Is there any way to have Spotlight, and the search feature in Finder (are they the same??) not begin to search upon character input but rather upon entry (depression of the return button)?

I have found that Spotlight (by way of apple-space or opt-apple-space) works fine and doesn't seem to bog at all however the search in Finder (which I prefer at times because it gives the directory info at the bottom and allows deletion) seems to hesitate after a few characters, forcing me to wait to finish spelling the actual search criteria.

Thanks in advance if any of you know. I did at least check the preferences....
 
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