MacOS – Spotlight Search: Show ALL FILES, and exclude ALL FOLDERS

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I am looking for a macOS equivalent of the Windows command:

type:NOT"file folder"

This command, when entered into Windows Explorer search bar, will display all the files of a directory or hard drive, without showing the folders in the search results.

Thanks.

Best Answer

You can set up some quite complex searches using Cmd ⌘ F in the Finder, rather than invoking Spotlight itself.

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You can define many criteria & even save as a smart search for future use.

If you really want to get in-depth, you can use Spotlight's own query language, though the mechanics of that are well beyond my pay-grade.
I'll let Macworld - macOS: How to use Spotlight’s query language to create an All My Files-like feature - explain in detail.

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