# EasyFind not finding

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/easyfind-not-finding/13671>\
**Category:** Needful things\
**Created:** [March 3, 2012, 8:26am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/easyfind-not-finding/13671 "2012-03-03T08:26:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![exegete77](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/exegete77/32/4705_2.png) [@exegete77](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/exegete77)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 8:26am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/easyfind-not-finding/13671/1 "2012-03-03T08:26:14Z")

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I have tried several ways to find things using EasyFind, but so far nothing is working.

I worked on a Mellel file about three weeks ago. I could not remember the title, and Spotlight was no help. I remembered that I used the specific phrase “Deeds and Words” (case sensitive). So I put that in the search bar, and selected Local volumes, and “file contents.” Nothing was found. Then I checked the criteria “Include Package contents.” Still nothing found.

Is there something simple I am missing?

OS X 10.7.3  
iMac 21.5" (late 2011) and MBP 15" (early 2008)

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 7:17am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/easyfind-not-finding/13671/2 "2012-03-14T07:17:17Z")

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EasyFind supports only text formats like plain text, HTML, XML, sources, scripts etc. but not proprietary file formats.

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**Author:** ![exegete77](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/exegete77/32/4705_2.png) [@exegete77](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/exegete77)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/easyfind-not-finding/13671/3 "2012-03-15T05:44:35Z")

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Okay, thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://devontech-discourse.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/2X/4/4e6ff70c96be2eb307a274d890bba8d71ba671b3.png) [@system](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 11:15am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/easyfind-not-finding/13671/4 "2022-01-21T11:15:15Z")

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