Searching Google Drive from the desktop app

Once you've made the switch from My Documents to Google Drive, you may miss the ease of searching for documents when you're not sure of the location. If you've been frustrated by the  "no items match your search" response, there's an easy way around it. Just search "libraries" instead of Google Drive (or you can repeat the search in libraries if you forget to start there) and you should see all the files, folders and locations that match your search. It's even smart enough to open a Google Doc in a browser and an MS Word document in Word. Here's a short video to illustrate:

Somewhat counterintuitive, but gets the job done.