Find a file by its name
Press ⌘Space and type part of the name — Spotlight searches as you type. In Terminal, mdfind -name uses the same index and lists every match with its full path.
Without Terminal
- Press ⌘Space.
- Type any part of the file’s name.
- Press ⌘Return on a result to show it in Finder.
In one command
Every file with “invoice” in its name:
mdfind -name invoice 2>/dev/null
mdfind prints a couple of harmless “Loading keywords” lines; the 2>/dev/null hides them.
Or just ask Titan
Find the invoice from Acme — I think it’s a PDF somewhere.Do it with Titan
Titan is an AI that lives on your computer: tell it what you need and it does it while you watch — you press Return, nothing runs by itself. What is Titan?
Titan isn’t on this computer yet. Get Titan, then press the button again — the task will be waiting, typed in.
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