can i set spotlight to default to search for words in filename ONLY ??

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djbeta

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I kinda miss the find feature in Panther..

I would like to set Spotlight to, by default,

find files that have the search word in the filename only.

I don't want to see all the other stuff.. by default.

Is this possible ?


thanks
 
Sadly, Apple's been really stubborn and stupid about this. No, you can't really search for filenames. No, putting the term in quotes doesn't really help, since then it won't find stuff in the _middle_ of a filename. You _can_ hit Cmd-F in the Finder and have "name contains" as a secondary option. If you don't put anything in Spotlight's main search field and only in the name field, it kinda works. It's stupid, but it's just like that with Spotlight. Someone should hang for this at Apple.
 
wow... that's sad..

and what's sadder is that I'm not surprised..

damn them sometimes.

Are there any 3rd party search /find utilities ??

(i can't believe i have to ask that question)
 
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