[Vipul Vaid]

You can do exactly what you wanted to under Leopard.

I was wondering about the same thing. I needed to search and access the ~/Library/Scripts folder to fine tune and create triggers for some iTunes Dougscripts. A Google search brought me here and then on to <https://db.tidbits.com/article/9283> “Spotlight Strikes Back: In Leopard, It Works Great” by Matt Neuburg. He lucidly describes how Leopard search can be fine tuned to search spotlight comments, hidden files and system folders amongst other search criteria.

Fire up the Search Finder with Option-Command-Space. Search ‘This Mac’ ‘Contents’ and click the ‘+’ sign on the right of that bar. The default Search attribute is ‘Kind’ so to change it scroll down to ‘other…’, where you can select files by numerous user selected Search Attributes – including visibility, system files, hidden extensions, spotlight commented files, alternate display names etc. Select the ones you will be using regularly and then tick the search criteria you want as your selection criteria instead of searching by ‘Kind’. If you require more fine tuning click the ‘+’ sign again and select another set of rules. If you option-click the ‘+’ you are given options to search by ‘any’ or ‘all’ the criteria you specify.

You can save the search criteria in your Saved Searches. HTH.

Have fun!!!

~~ViShVa~~