Use finder like in Snow Leopard

When I was looking for a file in Snow Leopard usually it was enough that I can put the name I have chosen to find it, for example Pitbull and alll the file appeared in the folder with the all name as 14 - Pitbull - Timber.now the only thing I see is Timber but for me it isn't right,sometimes I put the name in the search but it can't find all the file like it used to,the tags doesn't work well for me!! There is a way to come back at the old search?

Mavericks hasn't changed much in this regard. Spotlight should work in exactly the same way (with a few improvements in search criteria).
It sounds like you just need to reindex Spotlight. There are lots of webpages that will show you how to do this:
Th easiest way is: go to System Preferences > Spotlight, and add your main disk to the Privacy pane, and then remove it.
You mention Tags, but I'm not sure why. If this doesn't fic your problem, please describe how Tags are involved in greater detail.

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Hi Thanks, but i just found the answer. It is as below.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15675137#15675137
Thanks for your reply.

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OK, I think you are trying to connect the printer wirelessly to your wireless router, right?
I think that is the way to go, so let's do that:
1. Restart the router by pulling its power cord momentarily. Let it restart.
2. On the front of the printer go to Setup > Wireless (or Netowrk, not sure) > Wireless Setup Wizard. Run the Wizard to connect your printer to your router.
3. After that, go to Control Panel > Devices & Printers and delete all instances of the printer.
4. Finally re-add the printer with these instructions:
1. Make sure the printer is turned on and connected to your network. Verify that you can access the printer's internal web page by browsing to its IP address before continuing. Get its IP from a Network Test printed from the front panel of the printer.
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7. Select Hewlett-Packard from the list of manufacturers and select and select your printer model. Click Next.
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10. You may be asked to share the printer. Choose NO.
11. The Print Test Page box appears. Go ahead and print it.
12. Click Finish.
Say thanks by clicking "Kudos" "thumbs up" in the post that helped you.
I am employed by HP

Fast Canon EOS video trimming like in Snow Leopard

Hello,
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Thank you

Thank you, It's fast but trimmed video output is bigger than original. I'm using Save as..
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Hi there,I was using MacPro with older snow leopard just now i install OS X LION,before install i backup all deta to time machines about 70GB,now when i connect i dont know how can backup the old deta to OS X LION,but it just backup the recent deta to tim

Hi there,
I was using MacPro with older snow leopard just now i install OS X LION,before install i backup all deta to time machines about 70GB,now when i connect i dont know how can backup the old deta to OS X LION,but it just backup the recent deta to time machine,pls guide me how i can backup my old deta to my computer??
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>Step 1. Backup existing data using time machine.
Time Machine is nice, but you have very little in terms of ability to verify that your data is all backed up. I find Time Machine is better for the occasional recovery of previously written data at specific times. A good backup solution that survives an erase and install (there is no clean install in Mac OS X), is a clone, and preferably TWO clones. See my FAQ*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
Time Machine can work as good as a clone, and in fact I once had to rely on it because my hard drive died. Thankfully it did recover everything. But I had my clone just in case it didn't work. Now I feel more comfortable since clones allow you to boot themselves, and thus prove all the important system information got saved, and not just the user data.
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Specs...
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Actually it does because the Dock is Snow Leopard's program launcher. For Lion, LaunchPad is the program launcher, not the Dock. Don't like that? Here's where you complain. Otherwise, you asked and I answered.

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Instead of copy and paste drag the photo to the new event. Or flag it and use the add flagged photos to selected event command
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Beth,
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be in mp3 format.
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in the playlist.
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Can I use iCal/Mail from Snow Leopard to access iCloud?

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I can initiate the move on the MBP, but I don't want to strand the MacPro.
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You will not be able to sync your calendars directly.
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Problem in Formatting using Mac OS X Snow Leopard DVD (FULL)

Hi all
I've just bought a Mac OS X Snow Leopard DVD -Full- (not upgrade)
When I boot from the installation DVD nd then
after few minutes the screen turns to black nd I can't do anything!! (MacBook Pro 2009)
I tried using my iMac nd the installation DVD works smooth nd fine!
I don't know why MBP is not processing the installation steps nd the screen suddenly turns to black!
Waiting ...
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Make sure your MacBook pro is not too new for the disk in question.
Find the serial number for the MacBook Pro, and look at the three characters labelled ABC below, and tell us the numbers they are represented by:
xxABCxxxx
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Renaming a file in Finder changed with Snow Leopard somehow?

I've used an AppleScript for ages to:
1. choose a file (a screenshot)
2. prompt for a new name
3. File is renamed by Finder with new name
4. compose a command to copy it to another server
It seems Finder is not updating the "alias" to the file since I upgraded to Snow Leopard; this very code has worked for the last few versions of OS X:
set screencap to (choose file with prompt "Choose the screen shot: ")
display dialog "Enter new file name: " default answer "foo"
set newname to (the text returned of result as string)
set newnamepng to (newname as string) & ".png"
log "newname is " & newname & " newnamepng is " & newnamepng
log "screencap is " & screencap
tell application "Finder"
set the name of screencap to (newnamepng as string)
end tell
log "the name of screencap is now: " & screencap
set posixscreencap to the POSIX path of screencap
set scpcmd to "scp " & posixscreencap
log scpcmd
Here's what happens when I run it:
tell application "AppleScript Editor"
choose file with prompt "Choose the screen shot: "
--> alias "Einny:Users:swain:Desktop:Screen shot 2010-09-13 at 2.06.44 PM.png"
display dialog "Enter new file name: " default answer "foo"
--> {text returned:"newnameforscreenshot", button returned:"OK"}
end tell
(*newname is newnameforscreenshot newnamepng is newnameforscreenshot.png*)
(*screencap is Einny:Users:swain:Desktop:Screen shot 2010-09-13 at 2.06.44 PM.png*)
tell application "Finder"
set name of alias "Einny:Users:swain:Desktop:Screen shot 2010-09-13 at 2.06.44 PM.png" to "newnameforscreenshot.png"
--> "newnameforscreenshot.png"
end tell
(*the name of screencap is now: Einny:Users:swain:Desktop:Screen shot 2010-09-13 at 2.06.44 PM.png*)
(*scp /Users/swain/Desktop/Screen shot 2010-09-13 at 2.06.44 PM.png*)
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When I run your script, the file name does get changed, it is just that the Finder is not keeping up with the script. There are a few fixes:
1) add a short delay after the rename (delay 1 seems to be enough)
2) use *System Events* instead of the Finder
3) add an update command after setting the name in your FInder tell statement (e.g. update screencap)
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