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by rudedogg 41 days ago
The “Apps” app is so bad on macOS too (seems built off of Spotlight?). I’ll type the exact app name and it’ll suggest the one on my phone, an installer in Downloads, etc..

No one dog-fooded that thing.
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nitwit005 41 days ago
Someone has realized the search results are insane, as there's at least one obvious fix buried in settings:

I open Finder, click on Applications, search "Google Chrome". Top results? MarketingAnalytics.yaml, aria-proptypes.md, and so on, from some project I cloned off of Github into my home directory at some point. I guess the file contents include "Google Chrome"?

Clearly insane, but under the "Advanced" finder settings, it's easy to find "Search the Current Folder". Suddenly, you get the result you'd expect.

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noahbp 41 days ago
It’s incredible that “Search the Current Folder” is not the default, nor, as far as I’m aware, can it be made the default.
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c-hendricks 40 days ago
> nor, as far as I’m aware, can it be made the default

Huh? You absolutely can, the post you're replying to says as much.

    defaults write com.apple.finder FXDefaultSearchScope SCcf
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jshier 40 days ago
No need for a default, you can set that in Finder’s settings.
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veber-alex 41 days ago
Spotlight search is completely broken.

If I type "sa" the first result is Safari but if I type "safa" I get "Adguard for Safari.app".

In what world does this make sense?

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