Find Capitalized Word, Sort by date

I thought maybe I could find files in a particular directory containing the capitalized acronym FFP, then sort the results by date. Doesn't seem to be a recognizable way to do so in either finder or spotlight. Perhaps I have to get a "for dummies" book. By contrast, this search was a breeze in Windows XP. Am I missing something?

To answer my own question: The freeware called "Easyfind" does what I need. (You have to search for it on the DEVONtechnologies.com site) I find it quite lame that Tiger can't do something so simple. Its like building a car that can go 200 MPH but can't make left turns...

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Messy for you but not for the computer. Both iPhoto and Aperture maintain the files in an order that is appropriate for that application. It may not a format that is understandable to humans. I always use managed and allow Aperture to do what it wants in the way of file storage. If I need anything I ask Aperture to get it for me. It is a DAM, Digital Asset Management, system.
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HowTo? find most recent checkins, by userID, sorted by date??

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Is there another tool?
Has anyone written these sql scripts and can share?
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The Firefox find function seems to have become CAPS or non-caps specific, so that typing a word in non-caps will not find matching words with one or more capital letter.

The find function seems to have changed in Firefox. Before, when doing a (CTRL + F) find, the search was not CAPS-specific or non-caps-specific. In other words, if I typed in "firefox" (no caps), it would find the words "firefox", Firefox", or "FIREFOX", regardless of capitalization. Now, however, the find function will only match the exact same capitalization. This totally undermines the usefulness of the function, and is a major hassle. Please fix it.
== This happened ==
A few times a week
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How do I sort by date added while maintaining track order?

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If you ever find the answer, I'd love to know as well. How odd is it that you can do this. I tried several searches for this in software hacks, and applications that let you alter icon views and the like. Can't believe the limited interest in correcting it either.
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Welcome to Apple Support Communities
When you install the new iWork version, the old iWork version is kept, so it looks like you are opening your old version.
To fix this, open a Finder window, choose Applications in the sidebar and drag the new Numbers version to the Dock, so you can access to it quickly. Open all documents from this version. I don't recommend you to delete the old Numbers version in case you need it.
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Finder hangs when sorting in list view on external USB3 portable Seagate

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Thanks so much for getting back to me so quickly!
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I deleted the finder plist. I also uninstalled and reinstalled XtraFinder—which I’m quite sure wasn’t the problem, since it happened regardless of whether it was installed. In fact, if anything, it seems to crash less when Xtrafinder is active. I did have an additional (second) finder plist file which I deleted—I believe it was left over from TotalFinder—but that didn’t seem to fix it, although it also seems to be happening less frequently.
It’s definitely some sort of bug, and really only bothers me when trying to sort by Date—which can be done other ways, of course.
Will definitely keep you up to date if it changes, and thanks kindly again for your response.

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Hello,
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For some reason the ALL PHOTOS album is not sorting itself by date and time of when the photo was taken. They appear very random!
I don't know why this is happening. The VIDEOS album is sorting properly by date and time of when it was taken. The BURSTS album is sorting fine too.
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Anyone know of any work arounds?
Thanks in advance
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Apple I hope you SORT this out soon

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I have a similar problem. All of the photos in my All Photos album are out of sync the same way on both my Mac and iPhone. The Photos tab that shows photos by moments appears correct. When I go to iCloud.com and look at the All Photos album all of my pictures are shown in the correct order.
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Sincerely Henrik

Hi HenrikNord,
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OS X Mavericks: Organize your files in the Finder
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13984
OS X Mavericks: Choose options for viewing items in Finder windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13896
Regards,
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