Re: finding files by name (you know, the old-fashioned way...)
Re: finding files by name (you know, the old-fashioned way...)
- Subject: Re: finding files by name (you know, the old-fashioned way...)
- From: Matt Neuburg <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 11:51:10 -0800
- Thread-topic: finding files by name (you know, the old-fashioned way...)
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:02:23 +0000, Jason Davies <email@hidden>
said:
>In desperation with my new(ish) iMac running Tiger and totally unable to cope
with Spotlight finding 8,000 files every time i want something, I'm trying to
script something that will search by name, like in, uh, the dark ages of 10.3.9.
Sorry, I don't see what this has to do with AppleScript. The "old" Finder's
Find was not scriptable, AFAIK.
If you simply want to find without Spotlight, use EasyFind or Path Finder 4.
But this, as I say, is not an AppleScript issue. m.
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A fool + a tool + an autorelease pool = cool!
AppleScript: the Definitive Guide
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596005571/somethingsbymatt>
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