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Swift Salamander User Guide / Find Files

Find Files With Advanced Find

How to search for files by name, pattern and rules, starting from the Find window.

Checked with Swift Salamander 0.8.184 on 8 October 2026.

Advanced Find searches with more rules than the search box. Use it when you need to limit a search by size, by location or by file content.

  1. Press ⇧⌘F. The Find Files window opens.
  2. In the Named box, type a name. You can use a pattern such as `*.pdf`, or a phrase in quotes.
  3. Click Look In and choose the folder to search.
  4. Click More to show more rules. For example, turn on Subfolders, Hidden or Case, or set a Size limit.
  5. Click Find to start. Click Stop to end the search early.