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Well, I just get done writing a happy shiny post about being on a Mac, and now I have to grumble a little bit..

It all started because I was trying to find the location of the apache root by searching for a file I knew would be there, index.html.. But no matter what I did, Spotlight would not show the files I knew had to be there…

After some trial and error and some Google searching, figured out this was because of something new in Leopard… Only way to search system files is via the finder:

1. enter the search term on the finder window
2. (after the search bar shows up) click the “+” to add search option
3. In first menu, choose “Other …”
4. Choose “System Files” from the list that pops up (and check to place in menu to avoid this step later), click “OK”
5. Now back at the Finder, choose “include” from the second menu

Now you can use this to find all system files

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Tags: finder, leopard, searching system files, spotlight

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