The Tips - Mac Kung Fu - page 206

KIND: modifier Description

KIND:EVENT Returns calendar entries from the Calendar app.

KIND:EXE Returns only developer files (files generated by Xcode, for

example).

KIND:FOLDER Returns only folders.

KIND:FONT Returns only fonts installed on the system.

KIND:MOVIES Returns only movie files, as .MOV or .AVI files, or downloaded

iTunes movies; to return only QuickTime movies, use
KIND:QUICKTIME .

KIND:MUSIC Returns only audio files, such as MP3s or downloaded

iTunes songs ( KIND:AUDIO can also be used).

KIND:PDF Returns only PDF files.

KIND:PIC Returns only images, such as JPEG or TIFF files (“ KIND:IMAGE ”

can also be used)—use KIND:JPEG to return only JPEG images

KIND:TIF to return only TIFF images, and use KIND:GIF to return
only GIF images (sadly, KIND:PNG will not return PNG files!).
Returns only System Preferences configuration tools. KIND:PREFERENCES

KIND:PRESENTATION Returns only presentations (that is, Microsoft PowerPoint

or iWork KeyNote files)—use KIND:POWERPOINT to return only
PowerPoint files and KIND:KEYNOTE to return only KeyNote files.

KIND:SPREADSHEET Returns only spreadsheets (that is, Microsoft Excel or iWork

Numbers files)—use KIND:EXCEL to return only Excel files and
KIND:NUMBERS to return only iWork Numbers files.

Searching via Label
You can also use LABEL: to search for color-labeled files (that is, files that you've
applied a color to by right-clicking them and selecting a color under the Label
heading—see Tip 189, Manage Projects with Colors , on page 213 ) . LABEL: needs
to be followed by the name of the color. For example, to use Spotlight to search
for files colored red, you'd type LABEL:RED . The choices are red, orange, yellow,
green, blue, purple, and gray.

Searching by Author
Using the AUTHOR: keyword, you can specify the author of the document—the
person who sent the email, for example, or the person listed within a Microsoft
Office document as the author. Enclose the name in quotes if you specify