Apple 145B manual Finding items that meet two criteria, Ways to use the Find command

Finding items that meet two criteria

You can locate items that meet two sets of criteria, such as all items created before a certain date and larger than a certain size.

1.Choose the first criterion.

2.Click the “all at once” box so that an X appears.

3.Click the Find button.

The items found are shown highlighted in an outline view.

4.Choose the Find command again, before you click or take any other action.

You choose Find immediately so that the items located in the first stage of the search remain highlighted.

5.Choose the second criterion.

6.Choose “the selected items” in the pop-up menu labeled Search.

7.Click Find to begin the second stage of your search. The items meeting both criteria are highlighted.

Ways to use the Find command

The Find command can help you locate files quickly, organize documents, and develop an efficient system for backing up and archiving your work.

This characteristic	Can be used to locate
Name	1.	Files whose names you can’t recall exactly
	2.	All items for which you use a standard name,
		such as status reports or expense reports
Kind	1.	All application programs
	2.	All aliases
Size	Large files, to make space available on a disk
Label	All the files to which you added the same
	label (such as “top secret”)
Lock	Locked files, to unlock them for editing
Modification date	All files changed since a certain date,
	to back up new and changed files
Creation date	All files created before a certain date,
	to archive or erase outdated material

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