System Files Option Removed in Finder

[DC Hurricane]

Hi,

So I'm using 10.8.4 and I'm trying to delete an application from my machine. Typically I'd do this by doing a search in Finder and doing the + option to include System Files in the search. I just tried this in 10.8.4 but the option seems removed. Does anyone know where I can reenable this?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Can this help?

 

[Nermal]

The + button isn't there for me when I first open Finder ("All My Files" view) but it IS there if I navigate to a different folder first. Is that your issue?

 

[GGJstudios]

Hi,

So I'm using 10.8.4 and I'm trying to delete an application from my machine. Typically I'd do this by doing a search in Finder and doing the + option to include System Files in the search. I just tried this in 10.8.4 but the option seems removed. Does anyone know where I can reenable this?

The most effective method for complete app removal is manual deletion:

Best way to FULLY DELETE a program​

Complete steps 1-7 of those instructions (or as many as you can), then take a screen shot of your Finder window and post it.

 

[pknz]

Strange, I am still able to perform this search in 10.8.4.

 

[DC Hurricane]

The + button isn't there for me when I first open Finder ("All My Files" view) but it IS there if I navigate to a different folder first. Is that your issue?

Silly me but I was searching in the second dropdown corresponding to Kind instead of flipping Kind itself.

It is curious to me why under All My Files though the + option isn't available at all. I have to navigate to another folder as well.

 

[GGJstudios]

Silly me but I was searching in the second dropdown corresponding to Kind instead of flipping Kind itself.

It is curious to me why under All My Files though the + option isn't available at all. I have to navigate to another folder as well.

"All My Files" is not a folder, but rather a search result. You can't search in a search result.