Am I searching correctly?

[Jeff Carpenter]

Usually, the things inside applications are hidden from searches.

In this case, you have a JPEG, but most of those files just offer hundreds of things that you can’t open or use and will just clutter up searches. So they hide them away. You’ll have to manually search through them as far as I know.

[Mark Cookman]

Thanks Jeff
So there is no indexing or hidden magic for Os X search…

Just so its clear – the file is not “inside” an aplication, in this example my Poser application has a standard folder (and many subs) within the Apps folder, ie: visible in the finder.

Computer>ComputerHD>Apps>Poser>Runtime>Textures>DNA>Traveller>myfile.jpg

Is it still the case that things will be hidden?

[Jeff Carpenter]

Computer>ComputerHD>Apps>Poser <----- So this item (Poser) I'm pointing to here is a folder? I was thinking it was an application that you expanded. For example, you can right-click on Address Book and say "Show Package Contents" and it will show the files within it. I don't have Poser so I was assuming this was the same. But that's not the app itself but actually a folder that contains the application? So if you just put "myfile.jpg" into Spotlight, you get nothing back? Check the Spotlight preferences in the System preferences and make sure nothing it excluded there. Then "get info" on the JPEG itself and see if there's anything unusual in there. I don't know what to look for, but see if there's anything strange listed somewhere within that window.