While working on my talks for Mobiconf next week, I was looking for a specific file. There I got stumped because Finder wouldn’t show me any files matching my search criteria. Oh well, another day another bug report. This one is nice because I could easily demonstrate it with a screencast.
Filed as rdar://18452284 and on Open Radar.
Summary
If you do a Spotlight search in Finder with name + file format the order makes a difference. If the format is first and then the name, then the search yields no results. If the format is second and the name first, then files are found.
Steps to Reproduce
- Have a folder containing Omnigraffle files amongst files of other types
- Enter the beginning of the file name
- Space
- Enter “Omnigraffle”
- In the pop up choose “Omnigraffle Format” under Kinds
- Take note that several files appear
- remove the Spotlight search text and enter:
- “Omnigraffle” first and pick the format as before
- Type the beginning of the file name
Expected Results
- The same results should appear regardless of the order in which you specify the filter criteria
Actual Results
- with the file name first and the type second you see files
- with the type first and the file name second you see no files
Notes
Workaround is to do it the way that works. 🙂
This video demonstrates the issue:
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