Originally Posted By: ryck
Originally Posted By: dkmarsh
1. In Finder, type Command-F. A Finder search window opens. Enter your search term(s).

2. Click the plus sign at the right side of the window to add another search condition.

3. Click on Kind, and choose Other… from the pop-up menu. A sheet descends with a long alphabetical list of attributes.

4. Scroll down to System files and select it.

Thank you. I have got this far and found that the long list already has a default of 8 items checked off, one of which is "System Files".


Originally Posted By: dkmarsh
It's not a bad idea to check the In Menu checkbox while you're at it; this will save having to invoke the Other… sheet in any future case that you want to include System files in your search.

"In Menu" is not available to me as a checkbox, and there is no checkbox with "Menu" in the name. The only reference to "In Menu" is one of the sort functions at the top of the window.

It seems to me that you already have 8 items including 'System files' in the 'Kind' pulldown menu. There are two ways to select such search attributes from the 'Other' popup window in the Searching "This Mac" window. One is to select/highlight an entire item line by clicking on it, the other by checking the box behind it. This box is located in the 3rd column headed 'In Menu', which doesn't just serve a sort function. As you yourself said in your post (marked in red above), there are already 8 items checked off. laugh

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