Classical Music is Searched by Composer-How?

Could it be that no one at Apple has ever had formal music education? In Verion 11 they (for some unfathomable reason) took away the Power Search option. Now you are left with Artist and Title and somekind of ranking.  I have a news break for Apple, classical music is searched by COMPOSER and is OPERA in many cases. If you can't return the composer option, then dump the Classical category. It's essentially useless. Apple-people, you may cyber-geniuses but you apparently know little about music.  How could they have overlooked this?

In the SONGS or PLAYLISTS lists view, turn on the Column Browser (View Menu, Column Browser) and then select Composers.

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  • Shop for music by searching for composer

    I would like to purchase music by searching for composers. The Power Search only gives us Title and Artist. For example, searching for "p.f. sloan" from the Search iTunes Store field at the top right of the iTunes window, one of the albums shown is by Herman's Hermits - but which song is the one written by P.F. Sloan? We used to have the capability to see the composer column in the search results in a prior version of iTunes, but no more. Now you only get Name, Album, Artist, Time, Popularity and Price columns - they've dumbed it down.

    Dave,
    I never tried selecting "Music" from the drop-down list!
    Thanks so much, this answers my question. Very much appreciated.
    I hope Apple will eventually tag music more completely, as Composer and other tags are sometimes not filled.
    Regards,
    Francis.

  • Cannot delete composer field in iTunes - so cannot use it to search my classical music collection !

    To search my classical music collection easily within iTunes, I delete the composer field for all non-classical music.  This works nicely on my Mac and on my old iPod.  However, when I sync with my newish iPhone and iPad - the composer is still listed !  I chatted to Apple support and they said this was known behaviour and not a bug.
    The failure for a composer deletion to sync, means that I cannot easily search my classical music - instead I have to wade through millions of non-classical composers in my collection (I search the non-classical music by using the artist field).
    I think others have had this problem judging by other fora.  I wondered if anyone knows of a sneaky fix, or whether Apple intend to correct this problem - which I'm guessing is alienating anyone who has sizeable classical music collection !
    Thanks !

    I have exactly the same issue.  First for me the issue is only related to songs purchased on iTunes.  Second the field is updated as long as I put something there.  But as soon as I delete it completely (and the same behaviour I have with other fields like track number) iPhone picks up original value.  My guess is that for any blank filed it tries to get the value from iTunes store.  It is extremely annoying as I also use composer filed for classical music only.  The only solution to that problem is stop buying from iTunes store.

  • How do I stop iTunes from re-altering my sorting info for classical music?

    Hi there. Hope someone can help. This is really irritating me now.
    I have a lot of classical music in my iTunes library. Since very early on I have taken the decision to alter the Artist name in the sort field to the name of the composer rather than the performer as the listing of artists in classical music is so inconsistent (sometimes it's the orchestra, or the orchestra & conductor, or just the conductor, or the soloists, or it changes from track to track). I have kept the performer's details in the Comments box.
    This has been absolutely fine until the last year or so, when I have noticed that music that I have downloaded from the iTunes store automatically reverts to the original sorting information even though I've changed it. So, for instance, I will have changed "Alfred Brendel" to "Mozart" as the Artist for a Mozart piano sonata. And even though I have changed the Artist, the Album Artist, the Sort Artist and the Sort Album Artist ALL to Mozart and synced that successfully to my iPhone, the next time that I launch iTunes or turn on my iPhone it will all mysteriously have reverted to the original sorting information. And I don't want that for classical music - fine for rock, pop etc., but classical music has a different set of priorities. I'm guessing this has something to do with iCloud, but how do I stop it happening? It is really tedious to keep altering these things. And some bizarre anomalies have appeared, such as some early Baroque music (Monteverdi) being labelled by iTunes as Electronic in the genre box!! Which it clearly isn't! But the same thing happens - I change the genre, but it changes back! Surely once I sort something it should stay sorted!
    I'm sure there's a fantastically obvious explanation for this, and I apologise for missing it. But I don't know what to do . I have iTunes 11.3.1 and am running OS 10.9.4 (Mavericks).
    Many thanks.

    Yes, others are seeing this. Something in purchased media (I am pretty sure this has only happened with purchased media) is periodically checking back with the iTunes Store and resetting the tags in the iTunes library file but not in the actual media files (metadata are stored in both).  I haven't seen a truly systematic diagnosis of the issue (I use an old iTunes and have no iTunes account so I can't test anything myself).  There are temporary workarounds but tags will still revert after a time.
    2014 discussion about edited tags for Store purchases reverting to originals - https://discussions.apple.com/message/26077896#26077896 - edited tags are still present in the media file but revert to the originals in the iTunes library file.  Workaround is to refresh tags so media file tags are re-read and used in library file.
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/26193185#26193185
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/26335620#26335620 - user ended up rebuilding iTunes library from scratch
    Send feedback to Apple about this so they know it is an issue they need to investigate: 
    http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
    Don't expect an immediate solution but maybe the next time they update the software it may be resolved.

  • How can I see my classical music sorted according to composers - individual works - performers ?

    How can I see my classical music sorted according to composers - individual works - performers ? This is much more useful than sorting according albums.
    I have tried using the Grouping tag, writing Composer - Work - conductor there. But if I make a smart playlist, showing only Genre: "classical" and sorting according to Grouping, I see a line for each part in every work: one line for each movement of Mahler's 4th Symphony performed by George Solti, for instance.
    What I am looking for is a way so that there is ONE line for each PERFORMANCE, ie, one line for Mahler's 4th Symphony performed by George Solti, below that one line for Mahler's 4th Symphony performed by William Mackerras, and so on.
    Anyone found the golden solution? :-)
    Peter P.

    How can it be possible because the resoution of my video source is the same before and after conversion process ... thanks to my ADSL Box and my PS3 the video is ok ... not with ATV ...
    Could you please give me the resolution I should have for my video in SD or HD720 ?
    All my video have converted in 768x576 ...
    Is there another way to convert my video for iTunes instead AVS Video Converter ?
    Thanks all

  • Spotlight classical music composer

    "I guess no one listens to classical music anymore"
    spotlight on the iphone does not search composer names which makes it useless for classical music and hence for me.
    A internet search for this issue returns no results which leads me to this conclusion.
    I hope this can be changed in the future.
    or am I missing a setting?

    the only setting i can think of is
    Settings -> General -> Search Results -> Music
    if that is on and it's still not finding it suggest it at
    http://apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
    there is a search in the ipod app itself... launch the ipod app and choose Artists then scroll down and a search will appear at the top... im not sure if if it syncs over more than artist, title, and album...

  • How to perform a classic Mac OS search in Tiger

    Disclaimer: Apple does not necessarily endorse any suggestions, solutions, or third-party software products that may be mentioned in the topic below. Apple encourages you to first seek a solution at Apple Support. The following links are provided as is, with no guarantee of the effectiveness or reliability of the information. Apple does not guarantee that these links will be maintained or functional at any given time. Use the information below at your own discretion.
    In an this post I will describe how to perform a classic Mac OS search and give example results. You may perform the search with or without the spotlight database. This search falls under the smart folder implementation introduced with Tiger. I have done all my testing with Mac OS 10.4.11. I assume this will work with any version of Tiger or Leopard.
    The results will be slightly different with a spotlight database on the partition and without a database on the partition. With a database, you will not see Unix hidden files. You may be able to use all of the spotlight special find features. I did not test much with the spotlight special fields. Without a database, using the special features nulls out the search and the "Search for" field seems to give the same result as using the name field.
    This search technique was obscured by all the hoopla over spotlight. Authors of Tiger books avoided mentioning the Classic search interface. When I looked in Leopard books I noticed some authors put back information on the Classic search interface.
    For testing I created these files
    For testing I created a test "z-find" folder on my Macintosh-HD, containing files and folders with various attributes, then copied it over to my Spotless flash drive. This means both searches searched for the same file names.
    I put these files on my Macintosh-HD and Spotless partitions.
    Here is the list of files:
    !http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2122/3746333451_36daa677f8.jpg?v=0!
    Here is the list of files again:
    .bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
    .bash-copy-initial-dot/
        bash-backup-inside-bash.html
        ping_command_as_Give.html
    bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
    bash-backup.html
    bash-batChmod.html
    bash-battery__yellow__4k.html
    bash-copy/
        bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
        ping_command-bash-copy.html
    bash-copy-invisible-attr/
        ping_command_as_Give.html
    bash-folder__green/
        ping_command_as_Give.html
    Perform the Classic Mac OS search with a Spotlight database.
    {color:red}By Classic Mac OS search I mean a search on the filename and the results shown in list format.{color} How do you get to this interface?
    *Click on the Desktop to access the Finder.*
    *Click on File then click on Find. (Command-F)*
    Pick what folder you wished to search. With Tiger you can click on Others... to select a folder. Click on the plus sign to select the folder you wish to search. Be sure the selected folder in the list is the only one checked. In the first example I picked: /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/
    {color:purple}The "Search for" field on the first line is used for spotlight. Avoid using this box.{color}
    *Click on the double arrow to the right of the first option (Kind). Go down to the name field.*
    *Change the 2nd pop down field to Contains.*
    *You can now search for the contents of a filename.* I searched for name contains: bash-
    To see the Classic display format, click on the three line icon which is located on the upper left of the window (list view). There is a small refresh icon on the lower right of the window.
    !http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3485/3240587496_741476de7b.jpg?v=0!
    This is the result of the search with a Spotlight database:
    bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
    bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
    bash-backup-inside-bash.html
    bash-backup.html
    bash-batChmod.html
    bash-battery_yellow_4k.html    {labeled with the Yellow attribute}
    bash-copy    {folder}
    bash-copy-invisible-attr    {folder}
    bash-folder__green    {folder and labeled with the Green attribute}
    ping_command-bash-copy.html
    You can create a smart folder to take you directly to the search panel. Just click on the Save icon to the right of the window near the top. For readers of books, you should look under smart folders.
    !http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3498/3239759755_d5ebbefe05.jpg?v=0!
    There are some downsides. Initially, the search will find both visible and invisible Mac OS files. However, the search seems to get confused between visible and invisible files when you select the visibility option. It seems to get the visible correct when you use visible but when you add invisible things get confused. Sometimes it will find invisible files and sometimes it won't. I used both the Unix invisible files and the Mac OS X visiblity attribute.
    In putting the same search in the upper right-hand-corner spotlight search and in the Search for field, I did not get the same results. The spotlight search returned a 182 items while the with Search for field returned 179 items. The Search for field seemed to miss items in the mail boxes. With the Search for search you could display spotlight results in the classic format.
    I did a successful search on my fat32 flash drive.
    Perform the Classic Mac OS search without the spotlight database.
    If you turn off spotlight indexing on a volume and delete the spotlight index, then Mac OS Tiger reverts to the prior Mac OS search facility. In the preferences for spotlight, you let searching continued on the partition.
    Here is what I did:
    I installed the spotless application.
    http://www.fixamac.net/software/spot/
    I use spotless to configure spotlight. Click on disabled indexing then click on delete index files.
    !http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3527/3239751839_c760c46628.jpg?v=0!
    Spotless creates the .Spotlight-V100 directory with the _IndexPolicy.plist and _rules.plist to prevent indexing on the partition.
    I performed the search for files containing "bash-" in the name field.
    !http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3430/3240587902_171d8d46c3.jpg?v=0!
    This is the result of the search without the Spotlight databases:
    bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
    bash-backup.html
    bash-batChmod.html
    bash-battery_yellow_4k.html    {labeled with the Yellow attribute}
    bash-copy    {folder}
    bash-folder__green    {folder and labeled with the Green attribute}
    ping_command-bash-copy.html
    Limitations:
    Does not search in Unix hidden folders. That is folders beginning with a period (.) .
    Sometimes will find files beginning with a period (.).
    Does not find Mac OS invisible files.
    Using the special features nulls out the search.
    The Search for field seems to give the same result as using the name field.
    Related tips:
    • More hints by Baltwo
    http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050501162147222
    •Spotlight in Leopard has been enhanced. See these articles for details:
    See http://www.pinkmutant.com/articles/Leopard/leospot.html and my mod to Finder's Find at http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6725932 for what you can change so you can find stuff excluded by the default structure.
    • FindAnyFile
    "Contrary to Spotlight, it does not use a database but instead uses the file system driver's fast search operations."
    http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/index.html
    • Use the terminal find command to list files from multiple directories.
    Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
    mac $ find ~/Desktop/iMac/z-find -iname "*bash-*" -exec ls -dF {} \;
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/bash-backup-inside-bash.ht ml
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-batChmod.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-battery_yellow_4k.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/ping_command-bash-copy.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy-invisible-attr/
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-folder__green/
    mac $
    • You can use the Terminal to search the contents of a file.
    You need to combine the find command with the grep command. I am searching for the word pdisk where file names containing "bash-" in the directory "/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find". The symbols {} \; are needed after the word to search. See:
    man find
    man grep
    for cryptic details.
    Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
    mac $ find ~/Desktop/iMac/z-find -iname "*bash-*" -type f -exec grep -bil 'pdisk' {} \;
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/bash-backup-inside-bash.ht ml
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
    • findfile
    "Here’s a simple command-line tool which uses FSCatalogSearch to search for files by name.
    usage: findfile -r <volume> <name> "
    Here is where to find: findfile.
    http://cocoacafe.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/fscatalogsearch/
    I am searching file names containing "bash-" in the directory "/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find".
    Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
    mac $ ~/findfile -r /Volumes/Macintosh-HD/ "bash-" |\
    additional input: grep '^/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/'
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-batChmod.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-battery_yellow_4k.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy-invisible-attr
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-folder__green
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/bash-backup-inside-bash.ht ml
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/ping_command-bash-copy.html
    Robert
    This is the 1st version of this tip. It was submitted on July 31,2009 by rccharles.
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    In an this post I will describe how to perform a classic Mac OS search and give example results. You may perform the search with or without the spotlight database. This search falls under the smart folder implementation introduced with Tiger. I have done all my testing with Mac OS 10.4.11. I assume this will work with any version of Tiger or Leopard.
    The results will be slightly different with a spotlight database on the partition and without a database on the partition. With a database, you will not see Unix hidden files. You may be able to use all of the spotlight special find features. I did not test much with the spotlight special fields. Without a database, using the special features nulls out the search and the "Search for" field seems to give the same result as using the name field.
    This search technique was obscured by all the hoopla over spotlight. Authors of Tiger books avoided mentioning the Classic search interface. When I looked in Leopard books I noticed some authors put back information on the Classic search interface.
    For testing I created these files
    For testing I created a test "z-find" folder on my Macintosh-HD, containing files and folders with various attributes, then copied it over to my Spotless flash drive. This means both searches searched for the same file names.
    I put these files on my Macintosh-HD and Spotless partitions.
    Here is the list of files:
    !http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2122/3746333451_36daa677f8.jpg?v=0!
    Here is the list of files again:
    .bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
    .bash-copy-initial-dot/
        bash-backup-inside-bash.html
        ping_command_as_Give.html
    bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
    bash-backup.html
    bash-batChmod.html
    bash-battery__yellow__4k.html
    bash-copy/
        bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
        ping_command-bash-copy.html
    bash-copy-invisible-attr/
        ping_command_as_Give.html
    bash-folder__green/
        ping_command_as_Give.html
    Perform the Classic Mac OS search with a Spotlight database.
    {color:red}By Classic Mac OS search I mean a search on the filename and the results shown in list format.{color} How do you get to this interface?
    *Click on the Desktop to access the Finder.*
    *Click on File then click on Find. (Command-F)*
    Pick what folder you wished to search. With Tiger you can click on Others... to select a folder. Click on the plus sign to select the folder you wish to search. Be sure the selected folder in the list is the only one checked. In the first example I picked: /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/
    {color:purple}The "Search for" field on the first line is used for spotlight. Avoid using this box.{color}
    *Click on the double arrow to the right of the first option (Kind). Go down to the name field.*
    *Change the 2nd pop down field to Contains.*
    *You can now search for the contents of a filename.* I searched for name contains: bash-
    To see the Classic display format, click on the three line icon which is located on the upper left of the window (list view). There is a small refresh icon on the lower right of the window.
    !http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3485/3240587496_741476de7b.jpg?v=0!
    This is the result of the search with a Spotlight database:
    bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
    bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
    bash-backup-inside-bash.html
    bash-backup.html
    bash-batChmod.html
    bash-battery_yellow_4k.html    {labeled with the Yellow attribute}
    bash-copy    {folder}
    bash-copy-invisible-attr    {folder}
    bash-folder__green    {folder and labeled with the Green attribute}
    ping_command-bash-copy.html
    You can create a smart folder to take you directly to the search panel. Just click on the Save icon to the right of the window near the top. For readers of books, you should look under smart folders.
    !http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3498/3239759755_d5ebbefe05.jpg?v=0!
    There are some downsides. Initially, the search will find both visible and invisible Mac OS files. However, the search seems to get confused between visible and invisible files when you select the visibility option. It seems to get the visible correct when you use visible but when you add invisible things get confused. Sometimes it will find invisible files and sometimes it won't. I used both the Unix invisible files and the Mac OS X visiblity attribute.
    In putting the same search in the upper right-hand-corner spotlight search and in the Search for field, I did not get the same results. The spotlight search returned a 182 items while the with Search for field returned 179 items. The Search for field seemed to miss items in the mail boxes. With the Search for search you could display spotlight results in the classic format.
    I did a successful search on my fat32 flash drive.
    Perform the Classic Mac OS search without the spotlight database.
    If you turn off spotlight indexing on a volume and delete the spotlight index, then Mac OS Tiger reverts to the prior Mac OS search facility. In the preferences for spotlight, you let searching continued on the partition.
    Here is what I did:
    I installed the spotless application.
    http://www.fixamac.net/software/spot/
    I use spotless to configure spotlight. Click on disabled indexing then click on delete index files.
    !http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3527/3239751839_c760c46628.jpg?v=0!
    Spotless creates the .Spotlight-V100 directory with the _IndexPolicy.plist and _rules.plist to prevent indexing on the partition.
    I performed the search for files containing "bash-" in the name field.
    !http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3430/3240587902_171d8d46c3.jpg?v=0!
    This is the result of the search without the Spotlight databases:
    bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
    bash-backup.html
    bash-batChmod.html
    bash-battery_yellow_4k.html    {labeled with the Yellow attribute}
    bash-copy    {folder}
    bash-folder__green    {folder and labeled with the Green attribute}
    ping_command-bash-copy.html
    Limitations:
    Does not search in Unix hidden folders. That is folders beginning with a period (.) .
    Sometimes will find files beginning with a period (.).
    Does not find Mac OS invisible files.
    Using the special features nulls out the search.
    The Search for field seems to give the same result as using the name field.
    Related tips:
    • More hints by Baltwo
    http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050501162147222
    •Spotlight in Leopard has been enhanced. See these articles for details:
    See http://www.pinkmutant.com/articles/Leopard/leospot.html and my mod to Finder's Find at http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6725932 for what you can change so you can find stuff excluded by the default structure.
    • FindAnyFile
    "Contrary to Spotlight, it does not use a database but instead uses the file system driver's fast search operations."
    http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/index.html
    • Use the terminal find command to list files from multiple directories.
    Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
    mac $ find ~/Desktop/iMac/z-find -iname "*bash-*" -exec ls -dF {} \;
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/bash-backup-inside-bash.ht ml
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-batChmod.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-battery_yellow_4k.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/ping_command-bash-copy.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy-invisible-attr/
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-folder__green/
    mac $
    • You can use the Terminal to search the contents of a file.
    You need to combine the find command with the grep command. I am searching for the word pdisk where file names containing "bash-" in the directory "/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find". The symbols {} \; are needed after the word to search. See:
    man find
    man grep
    for cryptic details.
    Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
    mac $ find ~/Desktop/iMac/z-find -iname "*bash-*" -type f -exec grep -bil 'pdisk' {} \;
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-backup-copy-initial-dot-copy.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/.bash-copy-initial-dot/bash-backup-inside-bash.ht ml
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup-copy-invisible-attr.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-backup.html
    /Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/bash-copy/bash-backup-inside-bash-copy.html
    • findfile
    "Here’s a simple command-line tool which uses FSCatalogSearch to search for files by name.
    usage: findfile -r <volume> <name> "
    Here is where to find: findfile.
    http://cocoacafe.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/fscatalogsearch/
    I am searching file names containing "bash-" in the directory "/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find".
    Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
    mac $ ~/findfile -r /Volumes/Macintosh-HD/ "bash-" |\
    additional input: grep '^/Users/mac/Desktop/iMac/z-find/'
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