Paths
- Parent paths limit results to contents of a particular folder.
- Ancestor paths limit results to contents of a particular folder and all of its subfolders.
/
refers to the default location (iCloud or local).Location: /
can be used to filter files from custom locations.From Other Apps: /
is available on iOS.- Use contextual menu in Library and Organizer to copy paths on macOS.
- Tap and hold items in Library to copy paths on iOS.
Search
Search works like a search engine. It’s optimized to be fast with a large number of files.
Search is available for:
- Names of all files
- Contents of Plain Text files (
txt
text
) - Contents of Markdown files (
md
markdown
et al.)
Search supports the following queries:
.png
will match all files where extension begins aspng*
".m"
will match all files where extension ism
text machine
will match files where name or text contain words that begin astext*
andmachine*
"text* machine"
will match all files where name or text contain a phrase with a word that begins astext*
and a wordmachine
#priority
will match text files that contain a hashtag that begins as#priority*
-microsoft word
will match all files that don’t includemicrosoft*
but includeword*
[ ]
will match all files that contain an incomplete task list item[x]
will match all files that contain a completed task list item-#
will match text files that do not contain a hashtag"#diary"
will match text files that contain a hashtag#diary
^first
will match files where the first word of a name or a text isfirst*
time AND space
will match all files where name or text contain words that begin astime*
andspace*
name:alice
will match all files where name contains a word that begins asalice*
name:^"note"
will match all files where name begins with a wordnote
time OR "space"
will match files withtime*
orspace
time NOT space
will match files withtime*
but notspace*
NEAR(time space)
will match files wheretime*
andspace*
are located with 10 or less words in-betweenNEAR(time "space" "travel" 4)
will match files withtime*
,space
, andtravel
with 3 or less terms in-between(time AND life) OR "me"
will match files withtime*
andlife*
, orme