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Finder search not showing all instances of item

I ran a search for text in file names and I am not seeing all instances of the text. My Intel iMac running Monterey finds them all. Anyone else having issues with the search function or know what I can do to fix it?

iMac 24″, macOS 15.1

Posted on Nov 22, 2024 9:02 AM

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Nov 22, 2024 10:30 AM in response to BatG4

BatG4 wrote:

I ran a search for text in file names and I am not seeing all instances of the text. My Intel iMac running Monterey finds them all. Anyone else having issues with the search function or know what I can do to fix it?


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Finder search not showing all instances of item

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