You're going to get a variety of results. Now to start a search all you need to do is type something here. Also Option Command F will bring up a New Finder Window and select the search box all in one shortcut. You could also use Command F but, depending upon your settings, that may open up a new tab. Then from here you can start a search by clicking on this box right here. Go to the Finder and if you don't already have a window open you could go to File, New Finder Window. But if you really just want to find a file the best way to do it is in the Finder. This will bring up Spotlight Search which gives you results for a variety of different things. So when you want to search for files on your Mac you may be tempted to use Spotlight, either Command Space or click here. Join us and get exclusive content and course discounts. There you can read more about the Patreon Campaign. MacMost is brought to you thanks to a great group of more than 900 supporters. Let me show you the basics of searching for files on your Mac. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with. You can skip this, but using it you'll get more information like the file size, permissions, the modification date, etc.Check out Mac Basics: Searching For Files at YouTube for closed captioning and more options. -ls lists the resulting files (the files that have been modified in the last N days) in ls -dils format on standard output.-mtime -N is used to match files that had their data modified in the last N days.Replace it with the path of the directory where you want to look for files that have been modified in the last N days /directory/path/ is the directory path where to look for files that have been modified.find is the Unix command line tool for finding files (and more).To find the files that have been changed (with the files data modification time older than) in the last N days from a directory and subdirectories, use: This article explains how to find all files in a directory that have been changed in the last N minutes or days, or those with a modification date older than N minutes or days, with examples.

Find files by date on a mac