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id: mac-storage-basics.how-do-i-search-for-files-by-type-in-finder
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/mac-storage-basics/how-do-i-search-for-files-by-type-in-finder
category: "Mac storage basics"
subcategory: "Finding big files, Downloads and the Trash"
question: "How do I find all videos (or disk images, or archives) on my Mac?"
alt_questions:
  - "finder search by kind"
  - "find all movies mac"
  - "search file type finder"
  - "find all dmg files mac"
  - "list all zip files mac"
short_answer: "In Finder press Command-F, choose This Mac and set Kind (Movie, Image, Archive), or search a file extension by name. Sort the results by Size."
tags: ["finder", "search", "file types"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/mac-storage-basics/how-do-i-find-large-files-on-my-mac", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/mac-storage-basics/how-do-i-make-a-smart-folder-for-big-files"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# How do I find all videos (or disk images, or archives) on my Mac?

In Finder press **Command-F**, choose **This Mac**, and set the first criterion to **Kind** — for example **Movie**, **Image** or **Archive**. For a specific extension, type it in the search field (for example `.dmg`) and choose to match the name.

Switch to List view and sort by Size to see the biggest results first. Searches only cover places Spotlight indexes.