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I have Photo Studio for Mac 7.1 and I'm new to it, so please be gentle with me...
I'm trying to search my (70,000+) images by the content of the filename.
A typical filename would be: 020620-1234. The first six figures are the date in a sortable order. The picture would have been taken on the 20th of June 2002.
The last four figures (1234) are the actual number the camera gave the image. I don't want the search to include this data.
The idea is to find images which were taken on a certain day of a certain month - but in any random year.
For example, I may want an image which contains: 0231- (this would actually mean it was taken on the 31st of February - of an unspecified year).
The dash, or minus sign after 0231 is to prevent the actual file numbers (after the minus sign) being included.
I'm hoping the search will bring up all images across many years, which were taken (in this case) on the 31st Feb.
I've tried searching for *0231- but it's not consistent. Sometimes, it fails to bring up images which I know are definitely there.
I've also tried leaving off the asterisk and / or leaving off the minus sign. It doesn't seem to make much difference.
I click on the name of the removable drive which contains the images, and then type my search into the quick search box (in Manage Mode). Presumably that's correct?
Can you help please?
I'm trying to search my (70,000+) images by the content of the filename.
A typical filename would be: 020620-1234. The first six figures are the date in a sortable order. The picture would have been taken on the 20th of June 2002.
The last four figures (1234) are the actual number the camera gave the image. I don't want the search to include this data.
The idea is to find images which were taken on a certain day of a certain month - but in any random year.
For example, I may want an image which contains: 0231- (this would actually mean it was taken on the 31st of February - of an unspecified year).
The dash, or minus sign after 0231 is to prevent the actual file numbers (after the minus sign) being included.
I'm hoping the search will bring up all images across many years, which were taken (in this case) on the 31st Feb.
I've tried searching for *0231- but it's not consistent. Sometimes, it fails to bring up images which I know are definitely there.
I've also tried leaving off the asterisk and / or leaving off the minus sign. It doesn't seem to make much difference.
I click on the name of the removable drive which contains the images, and then type my search into the quick search box (in Manage Mode). Presumably that's correct?
Can you help please?
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