FINDING FILES BY TYPE (OR CREATOR)

This function allows you to search for specific types of files including:

• Applications    • Documents    • Text Files    • Pictures   • Fonts   • System Files • XTensions or Filters    • Email     • Sounds    • Movies     • Archives etc.

Using this function on it's own will find all files of a specific type on your system. Used together with text search, this function will speed up the text search by limiting the type of files UltraFind should search.

Creator List

This provides a list of all the applications on your system. Selecting an application from this list will find all files and documents created by the application.

Type List

This is a list of common Macintosh file types. Selecting any one of these will find all files of that type.

√   If you choose a Creator application from the Creator list, the Type list will automatically adapt itself to the Creator selected and will display only the file Types supported by the Creator application.

√   If you are already familiar with file Signatures you can directly enter the 4-character Creator or Type signature into the fields alongside the pop-up menus (just click in them to activate a cursor).

√   UltraFind displays file Creators and Types in the INFO window (the window you get when you move the cursor over a file's icon in the List Window). If you don't know what Type or Creator a certain file is (or if you want to find out), get UltraFind to find a similar file and then move the cursor over the file's icon to display the info window.

Document List

This is a customisable menu in which you should store your own document types which you use frequently. To add a new document type to this pop-up menu, just select 'Add New Document' and then show UltraFind an example of the type of file or document you want added to the list. 

To remove an unwanted item from this pop-up menu hold the <Option> key down and select the item you want removed.



FINDING FILES BY DATE

Searching by "File Date & Time" allows you to search for files created or modified (last updated) before, after, on, or between the given dates.

Both 'Find files created...' and 'Find files modified...' pop-up menus allow a choice of search options. Depending on what you are searching for, you will need to choose whether to search by the 'created' date or the 'modified' date. For example, finding files created 'yesterday' will list only files that were created (made) yesterday, but finding files modified 'yesterday' will list everything you worked on yesterday, regardless of when the files were first made.



FINDING FILES BY ATTRIBUTE

The "File Attributes" search button allows you to find files which have special Macintosh System and Finder attributes, including the Label (icon) colour.

•  Finder Label (finds all files having a certain icon colour) 

•  Alias (finds all Aliases) 
•  Invisible (finds files which are not normally visible in the Finder) 
•  Locked (finds files which have been locked by an application) 
•  Has INITs (finds files which have initialisation code - mainly used by the system) •  Has Custom Icon (finds files which are not showing their true icon in the Finder)

The Not Backed Up function

"Not backed up" finds files which have been updated since the last time you backed them up. Used together with the 'Backup' function in the File Menu, this function allows you to use UltraFind to backup your files without the need for extra software.

Please note that this function is not meant to be a fully-fledged backup solution, files backed up will simply be copied to your backup folder, in no particular order, and UltraFind will reset the backup dates on the original files so that it knows each time what has and what has not been backed up.

To see how much stuff there is that needs backing up, turn the 'Files Not backed up' button ON, leave all the other buttons off, and press Scan.  (If this finds a large amount of files, then you have either not backed up your files for a long time, or your regular backup software is not setting the file backup dates properly.)

When you select 'Backup' from the File menu you then choose a destination for the files, this can be a folder on any Macintosh disk, SyQuest, Optical etc., but it must have at least as much free space as the total amount of files you want to backup. If it does not, then select only as many files as will fit, and repeat the process with other disks.

The next time you search for 'Files Not backed up' UltraFind will not list files that have been backed up, but only those that have been modified since.



FINDING FILES (OR FOLDERS) BY FILE NAME

Being the most commonly used type of search, for convenience a File Name field is accessible directly on UltraFind's front control panel. However there are many occasions when you need more control over specifying the file name. If you press the 'Name' button you get a dialog with multiple options for very precise file name searches.

•   File Name search does not distinguish between upper or lower case.                                                                  


FINDING FILES (OR FOLDERS) BY SIZE

The "File Size" search function is designed to work together with other search criteria and allows you to specify, or limit, the size of files to be searched.

Used on its own, this function can find empty files (less than 1K), empty folders (less than 1K), and files or folders which are taking up much space on your disks.

Folder Sizes

If the "Folders" search button is selected then folder sizes will be calculated during the search and sizes will show in the List Window in Finder View mode.  You can use this function to find folders by size.

•   The MacOS does not keep the Folder Sizes stored anywhere. Folder sizes change as you work and have to be calculated each time, therefore, if you chose to search Folders UltraFind only calculates folder sizes if you use the Size option in your searches.

•   A folder's total size is the size of that folder and all the other folders inside it, therefore when in this mode UltraFind does not show the total size at the top of the listing window.

√   You can get a report on which folders are taking up disk space on your machine, by searching for folders with size greater than 0, then sort the List by size.