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How to search by the type of items in Mac Finder

How to search by the type of items in Mac Finder

Mac Finder

Search by the type of items

To specify the type of item, add the text “kind:[type of item]” at the end of your search

For example, to search a banner you designed in and saved as a sketch file, enter

banner kind:sketch

For example, to search for photos of Florida, enter

florida kind:images

To search for file types in Finder on a Mac, you can: 

  1. Open a Finder window
  2. In the search bar in the top right corner, type “kind:”
  3. Type in the file type you’re looking for

Some valid searches are:

  • name
  • music
  • png
  • doc
  • app
  • font
  • bookmark>

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