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    Leopard: Is there a way to modify appearance of search results

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by sepandee, Nov 29, 2007.

  1. sepandee

    sepandee Notebook Deity

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    I just liked Tiger's search results more, where the files were categorized according to file types. Is there a way to switch back to that?
     
    sepandee, Nov 29, 2007
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  2. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    I don't have Leopard, but I don't think its changed from Tiger...it should be in System Preferences > Spotlight.
     
    Sam, Nov 29, 2007
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    Xander Paranoid Android

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    I don't think there is a way to do that, but I'm not sure what you mean exactly. Normal Spotlight (Command + Spacebar) is sorted the same in both Leopard and Tiger.

    Tiger
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    Super Spotlight (Command + Option + Spacebar) is a bit different looking. But you can just click the Kind column and use the + symbol to enhance your search.

    Tiger
    [​IMG]

    Leopard
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  4. sepandee

    sepandee Notebook Deity

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    yeah i was actually talking about super spotlight.... i just prefer the old way of having each file type section separated by a heading...
     
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    I haven't seen anything like that yet, but if you do find a way, please share! :D
     
    Xander, Nov 29, 2007
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