Find aliases by file type?

is there a way to find all aliases in Mavericks just by them being aliases? In the finder, searching by "Kind is", Alias is not an option in the popup, and with Kind being Other and typing Alias, nothing shows up. Any ways to find them are appreciated.

Raw Query in a Finder WIndow
In the search window, just press the spacebar to trigger the Save + panel.
Click +Kind menu ▸ Raw Query

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The quickpreview from spotlight shows exenses address as p36.ennote (in the quick preview), but again, finder won't find that either (p36.ennote). I've used terminal to show all file types, but still no joy with either search.
I've dug around in the User>LIbrary>Application support, found the evernote folder, but it's not in there either.
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I share my iTunes folder with another user on my Mac and my Apps are backed up from my Iphone and iPad, but the evernote app isn't one of them.
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> When using the Find/Replace function in DreamWeaver, is
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> to search through only .cfm files?
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Hi,
And, Welcome to Apple Discussions!
In the search box, type
kind:
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image
or
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In finder, "Kind" describes file type. With my defaults
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It was easy in Windows XP, surely there is a way in OS-X.
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Good answer, Barney, it worked. Thank you.
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Hi,
You can check from its software on your computer. For documents it's pdf and for photos it's jpg. But you have to select first.
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