OS X :: How To Set A Smart Folder To Search Only A Specific Folder
Oct 19, 2009Can I set a smart folder to search only a specific folder? When I'm editing it the only options it gives are the entire mac or my home folder.
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OS X :: Use Smart Folders To Search For Images Within A Certain Folder?
Aug 27, 2010I can't figure this out. I'm trying to use smart folders to search for images within a certain folder and the sub-folders it contains.
The problem is, I can't figure out how to limit the search locations. The only options it provides are to search "this mac" or "(username)".
I've tried to use 'location' (set to match the folder name), but this brings up zero results.
Some instructions found by googling said to first use spotlight to select the folder I'd like to confine the search to before making the smart folders, but this doesn't work either.
OS X :: Changing Smart Folder Preferences - Search By Default
Oct 24, 2009I would like to know whether it is possible to change the smart folders preferences in what to search by default. What I mean is in the "window" spotlight, when you search on it, by default is searches on "This mac" and on "Content", my question is whether this is changeable. I hope you understand what I was talking about, if not please ask.
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Mar 13, 2012I've made a Smart Folder to have one place to look for any bills I've paid in the last 40 days, with the following parameters:Â
- Search within a folder within my Home folder called "Accounts & Services"
- Name begins with "PD 2" (all my paid bills are labeled like "PD 2012-02-01 AT&T," for example)
- Last modified date is within last 40 days
The folder worked when I created it, and whenever I opened it for a day or so afterwards.Â
But a month later when I open the Smart Folder, the latest bills aren't there.Â
When I "Show Search Criteria," I see the "Search within" has been changed to a circular reference — it SEARCHES WITHIN THE SMART FOLDER ITSELF!Â
The practical upshot of which is that it finds only the files that were found at the time the Smart Folder was created, and does not find anything newer because it's looking in the wrong place.Â
I'm hoping someone has a remedy for this, but I don't have high hopes considering the "Mac Quick Tips" podcasts from 2009 in which Smart Folders are demonstrated show this problem in the demo without realizing it.
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Macbook Pro 13, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Create A Smart Folder That Only Has Applications & Utilities In A Sub-folder
Mar 30, 2012I would like to create a Smart folder that only has applications & utilities in a sub-folder.Â
This will be similar to the default applications folder that shows in the dock, but without all the extra files & folders - just a list of applications.Â
I can do this by esily by just having a smart folder of applications showing only type=application.
However, I would still like to have utilities in a sub-folder.Â
If thats not possible, then it would be OK to have 2 seperate smart folders, 1 for apps excluding utilities & 1 for utilities only.Â
Is there some way in the smart folder options i can exclude a sub directory?
OS X V10.7 Lion :: What Is The Difference Between A Normal Folder And A Smart Folder
Jul 1, 2012What is the difference between a normal folder and a Smart Folder?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
MacBook Pro :: How To Set A Password On A Specific Folder And All The Contents In The Folder
Oct 25, 2009On the snow leopard is there any way to set a password on a specific folder and all the contents in the folder so when others click it the password is asked?
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Nov 25, 2009I am trying to find out how to add a new smart folder onto my dock, u know those two folder next to the trash bin. I saw in youtube that u can add more of it. e.g. application, document, download etc.
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Aug 4, 2008It is my first time to use my own create Smart Folder. I use movie, but it wont show .mkv file, so i wonder is there a way to make a Smart Folder that only show .mkv file? I have many .mkv and .mka scatter inside my HDD. i been using Vuze a lot to get music video. How to set up a Smart Folder that only display .mkv and .mka file?
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Apr 7, 2012I have recently created a smart folder. Â
I have tons of Boy Scout files all over the place and wanted to identify them at anytime. Â
I figured out how to create the folder but I can't create a file name it without .savedSearch being part of the folder name. Aarrggh!!Â
No matter what I do I cannot remove the .savedSeach from the end of the name. If I right click for Rename the folder, only the characters BEFORE .savedSearch are highlighted for change. If I right click and choose Get Info and select hide extension, no change. Â
I've seen other online tutorials for the Smart Folder function in Lion and none of them have their folder name appended.Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
OS X :: All Related Files Of Project In Smart Folder?
Mar 13, 2008I've been working on a lot of projects lately, and I've noticed that my files are getting scattered all over my HDD. I'm just not thinking about organization right now, I'm thinking about getting the projects done as quickly as possible. I have found the Smart Folder interesting because of this recently. My question is how can I tag my Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Cinema 4D, After Effects, JPEGs, PNGs, Final Cut, and any other file type to show up in the Smart Folder for the same project? This way I'll just be able to open the smart folder and bang, everything for the project is in that folder. Less worrying about organization, more focusing on work!
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May 9, 2012I want to remove a message from a smart folder, but keep it in a saved folder.Â
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24, Mac OS X (10.7), Home workgroup
OS X Mavericks :: How To Restore Touched Today Smart Folder
Sep 3, 2014I've lost the 'Touched Today' menu item from Finder. It's a 'smart' folder, I know, but I'm not sure exactly how it was set up. Also, if you're an expert on these 'smart' folders, why do I sometimes find today's items at the bottom of the list in the 'unknown date' section? Is there a set of useful 'smart' folders somewhere?
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), 15-inch, Late 2013 16GB DDR 500GB
OS X :: How Can You Password Protect A Specific Folder?
Nov 23, 2008How can you Password Protect a specific folder?
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Feb 2, 2009I use Lightroom 2 to catalog my photos. I am in the habit of shooting in RAW+JPG mode which means when I download my photos there is both a .NEF and a .JPG file for each photo. Having done this for several years on a PC, I now want to use iPhoto to view the jpgs and keep with Lightroom for the nefs. I therefore want to move the .JPG files from /Photography/RAW/<Year>/<Month>/<Day> to /Photography/JPG/<Year>/<Month>/<Day>. So far the only way I've worked out is to copy the entire folder structure then use Spotlight to find the nefs within the new folder structure and delete them.
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Mar 15, 2010I am just wandering to see if there is a way to password protect a specific folder?
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Jul 4, 2012How would I make a smart folder that only searches the local hard drive?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
OS X :: Changing Background - No Specific Folder With Pictures
Jan 22, 2009Anyways, so when you go to change your background. You have all these options to choose from folder wise. Well I remember clearly, very very clearly back in Tiger that you could create a folder, or just an existing folder within say "Photos" and you could click it and it would access that folder and all its pictures. Mainly for changing the pictures every 5/10/30/day w/e I like my background to change often. Many pictures.
Well I have had leopard for a while. I forgot when I installed it. But I have noticed ever since then that when I try and change my background. It only lets me use photos that are inside the original Photo folder. There are no folders present inside the photo folder in the Background change area. Only pictures are present. This is a huge issue due to how I like to have things organized.
OS X :: Saving Documents In Specific Folder Other Than Default
Jan 27, 2010In my home folder I have copied a folder from my external hard drive, this folder I can navigate to no problem
so in that folder I have created another folder called 2010 in that folder is another called Germany 2010, I would like to save a Excel Doc in there, but when I press save as on the Document it does not give me the option to save to this folder and I cannot navigate to it, So how can I save as in a folder of my choice.
OS X :: Specific Folder Requires Authentication For Some Actions?
Apr 3, 2010I'm new here but hoping I can find some helpful information for a new problem I have with OS X. Earlier today, I noticed that my Transmission was failing to download some torrents I was snatching. Transmission couldn't create the folders I was telling it to create for new CDs in my MUSIC folder. When I looked into the problem, I noticed that I no longer had the option to create new folders and several other modification options. I created a new folder on the desktop and dragged it into the misbehaving MUSIC folder and my MacBook asked me for my password to "authenticate". What's going on? I have not encountered this issue before and it is only effecting the MUSIC folder; all of the sub-folders are functioning correctly.
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Jun 6, 2010I have a brand new macbook pro that I bought about 4 months ago. I am running snow leopard and out of the blue one day my computer gave me the spinning wheel and it went on for so long I had to power off my notebook by holding down the power. When I turned it back on I was stuck on the apple screen and I couldn't get passed it. So, I did a clean install and just moved all of my personal files and folders that my computer backed up to their original location.
After doing all of this and being up and running again I noticed when I try to access a personal folder on my system that contains images (jpegs, pngs) and some videos and psd files that my computer starts freezing up again and spinning and I have to power it off to get it to stop. I have resorted my permissions and ran Onyx once a week since this has happened and the folder is still giving me issues. I need to access this folder asap.
OS X :: How To Find Files Inside A Specific Folder
Jun 17, 2010spotlight is cool but how do I search for files within a specified folder?
I select the folder, hit cmd+f, I can see the folder selected, i type name matches *.avi hit enter and nothing. I try avi only and nothing. I try holidays and hit enter and nothing.
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Use Time Machine On ONLY One Specific Folder?
May 7, 2012I wish to use the Time Machine function to backup only one specific folder on my computer, the DROPBOX folder. How can I implement this and inform Time Machine of my choice?Â
According to my first investigations, I only have the choice to select folders to EXCLUDE. This makes the setup of Time Machine unconfortable.Â
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Mac OS X (10.7.3), I7, 2.8 GHz (model 2010), 8 Gb RAM
Final Cut Pro X :: Exporting To Specific Drive / Folder?
Nov 30, 2014When I export master file, I am not asked where I want to save the file. This used to pop up, and I could choose which folder, hard drive or have have you. Is this a setting that I somehow turned off?
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Final Cut Pro X, iOS 8.1.1
OS X :: Is There A Way To Force A Folder To Open With A Specific View Option?
Jun 4, 2009I'm currently running the latest version of Leopard, all up to date. Recently, I started to collect some old footage (videos) in my Movie folder, I even added some silly covers to them like Joe's birthday - 2009 etc., The thing is that even with the ICON set to 128x128 I still think it's a bit small, so whenever in this folder I like to use the CoverFlow view and all it's glory.
Now, here comes the tricky part, is there a way to force this folder to ALWAYS open in the CoverFlow view? I just want this particular folder to do this, the rest should open normally in the default view with their 48x48 icons.
OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Searching Items In Specific Folder
Feb 3, 2012Finder > File > Find (Cmd-F) brings up the Search window. How can I search for items in a specific folder? Tiger let me select a folder in which the search is performed. How can I, on Snow Leopard, select a folder in which the search is performed? What about Lion?
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Mar 19, 2012With Mac OS X Version 10.7.3 is it possible to set up some form of password protection on aspecific folder?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)
OS X Technologies :: Write A Script That Will Open A Specific Folder?
May 16, 2012I'm trying to write a script that will open a specific folder. The only problem is that it needs to be run on multiple machines with different Hard Drive names. Here is a sample of the script that will work on my machine.Â
tell application "Finder" activate open folder "HDD:Volumes:USERData:Users:Staff:Name" end tellÂ
Is there anyway to change "HDD" to whatever the current users Hard Drive is named?Â
OS X Technologies :: Save Safari Pages To A Specific Folder?
May 23, 2012I need to collect my students home workn which includes images, small film clips and text:
I use a FileMaker database
I have a FM script which
1 - copies the student ID
2 - opens the URL where the message is located
3 - I added this applescript I found here:
[code]...
Info:Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
OS X :: Search Every Single Folder On Hd?
Jan 12, 2009I am looking for a file that is not coming up in spotlight. How do I search every single folder on my hd? Is it possible to search hidden folders?
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