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Searching for specific types of items

If you know the type of item you're looking for, you can specify it when performing a search. To specify the type, add the text “kind:<type of item>" at the end of your search. For example, if you want to search for images of New York City, enter "New York City kind:images." If you want to search for email messages that mention Anne Johnson, enter "Anne Johnson kind:email."

You can use these keywords in the search fields in the Spotlight menu, Finder windows, and the Open dialog.

Here’s the complete list of the types that you can specify:

Type

Keyword

Applications

kind:application
kind:applications
kind:app

Contacts

kind:contact
kind:contacts

Folders

kind:folder
kind:folders

Email

kind:email
kind:emails
kind:mail message
kind:mail messages

iCal Events

kind:event
kind:events

iCal To Dos

kind:todo
kind:todos
kind:to do
kind:to dos

Images

kind:image
kind:images

Movies

kind:movie
kind:movies

Music

kind:music

Audio

kind:audio

PDF

kind:pdf
kind:pdfs

Preferences

kind:system preferences
kind:preferences

Bookmarks

kind:bookmark
kind:bookmarks

Fonts

kind:font
kind:fonts

Presentations

kind:presentations
kind:presentation

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