>local search is hopelessly broken on both Windows and Mac.

Not to derail this Windows thread, but is there anything that works remotely well on Mac? The built-in options are ... lacking

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y-curious 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

I find the file search annoying on Mac because it doesn't search the drive I'm in on finder (skill issue? Please tell me if that's configurable)

I find cmd+space to be 10000000x better than windows for applications though

	▲	manwe150 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Finder -> Settings (or Cmd-,) -> Advanced -> Default Search Scope

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SoKamil 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

What's wrong with Finder and search scope set to "This Mac"?

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kccqzy 5 days ago | parent [-]

The problem is the search ranking. It often ranks file names with partial matches higher than file names with full exact matches, and this frustrates me endlessly. For example I have a folder called "Home" containing documents like receipts for home improvement projects, manuals for appliances, mortgage statements from banks, etc. Searching for "Home" preferentially brings up random other files that has "home" in their names but this folder is ranked low. I have not found any way to adjust Spotlight's ranking heuristic.

	▲	smelendez 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, I have similar problems all the time and its heuristic is really strange. Like, it’ll emphasize a file called ._home_env_vars.sh buried in an old Python environment that hasn’t been accessed in 8 years over one just called “home” that I search for and open three times a week. The other big thing that’s frustrating is it’s never clear to me when it’s done searching and when it still has more results to find.