Hello Brian,

On 03.01.2011, at 07:45, you wrote:

> Enter something in Spotlight; click magnifying glass; click Show All.
> 
> In the search window there is a small [+] button.
> 
> Clicking that repeatedly, up to about 13 times] will give you a lot of choices, but you may need only a few.
> 
> Then it's up to you.
> 

What you suggest here is the way to go when you are searching for a certain version of an application X and want to exclude other versions from that search. Example: You want to look for X.app v. 6. Then you can use as a search criterium ">5" and "<7" which will find v. 6. 

What I wanted to do is to search for *all* X.app and then sort the results according to the version number. This was not possible with Spotlight because there was no version column provided in the Spotlight window containing the results. My ultimate purpose was to look for old and outdated versions in order to be able to delete them in one go. You see Ben, I'm following your advice and trying to reduce the garbage. :-)

By the way, Kino provided the solution with Secrets PrefPane from
<http://secrets.blacktree.com/>


Kind regards,

Þorvarður
 OS X 10.6.5
 MacBook Pro 17'' 
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> 
> On 03/01/2011, at 5:30 PM, Þorvarður Davíðsson wrote:
> 
>> When I search for applications on my hard disk with Spotlight I would like to receive the results showing me the *version number*. This does not seem to be possible. Is this a bug in Snow Leopard?
>> 
>> 
>> This is what I do: I do a Spotlight search "Find by Name" (Shift + Command + F) and enter the name of a certain application. The search window only contains the columns 
>> 
>> Name
>> Date Modified
>> Date Created 
>> Kind
>> 
>> I click on the search window (in order to activate it) and then press Command + J (= Show View Options) to display the pane where the window columns can be checked and unchecked. The following columns are deactivated (grayed out): 
>> Size, Version, Comments and Label. 
>> 
>> Is there any way to activate these columns?