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All of my documents are not listed under "documents" in the Finder. Can you tell me where else they may be besides iCloud which I don't use? I definitely have not deleted them.

Hi, Rita, have you tried searching for one of the missing docs?

Where do I search from? That was kind of my question. And unfortunately, I don't remember all the titles which makes it a moot point.

Use any one title you remember as a Find Any File search term, and see where it takes you.

1. I only ever used FAF or EasyFind to get rid of files deposited on my Mac via an App I want to get rid of. It never enters my head to use those apps to find documents.

2. I just did a search using FAF and no documents come up using some of the words I can remember in my documents. I make those documents with the Bean word processor for Mac. I decided to do a test and look up documents that I do know the names of and they didn't show up either even though I can get them to show up by putting them in Spotlight though that doesn't work for the documents I can't remember the names of completely.

I guess I need another way to find documents that I have created.

I did click on i-Cloud via the side bar of Finder (even though I don't use i-cloud) and a documents folder came up but it was empty.

Now what?

I'm able to locate docs by inputting just one word from either their titles or contents, so I wonder if maybe your search parameters aren't correct. Please post a screenshot.

And have you looked on your backup?

Here is a copy of my backup. So many things grayed out for some reason. Clicked on the applications icon in SuperDuper then clicked on Bean word processor but still don't have all the info I want. Also, this error message showed up when I clicked on the Safari icon which was grayed out for some reason. I wonder why that would happen. I use Safari everyday, not Safari Tech for now.

Dunno quite what's up with the error message, but the greyed out items are invisibles that normally wouldn't show up, but for some reason are.

I'd expect your missing docs to be somewhere in the Users folder. (A column view screenshot would be much more informative.)

OK. It could be a week or two or three. I am in the middle of moving. Lots of chaos and hoping all my stuff will fit into the storage unit. Might have to pare down some more.

Rita, most of us only use FindAnyFile at its most primitive level, but quick look at the file:///Applications/Find%20Any%20File.app/Contents/Resources/manual.html will reveal search options few of us have ever dreamed of. What is missing in FAF and Spotlight is the ability to perform a wildcard search where

EasyFind is a Free app from Devon Technologies I think may be very helpful in finding and recovering all of your files. Devon Technologies also offers DevonSphere for $9.95 that is an even more sophisticated version of EasyFind that adds AI functionality to analyze and rank the files it finds in its search.

Before you ask, I use all three plus one more...

• FindAnyFile is my first choice for deleting apps
• EasyFind is slower but the wild card ability finds data that I would otherwise miss
• DevonSphere is the best when searching for information on a Topic, especially when I know there is a lot of data on that topic on my computer
• DevonAgent ($4.95 to $49.95) is essentially DevonSphere for the web and beats h*** out of any search engine for research.

DISCLAIMER: I have no relationship, pecuniary or otherwise, with Devon Technologies other than that of being a satisfied customer and user of all of their products.