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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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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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May 24, 2012I've got 3 large external hard-drives--WD, Seagate, iOmega--connected to my iMac to contain a sprawling music collection. I'm working on deduping, etc., but each attempt to search a single hard drive results in my search being shunted to "All My Files." I'll watch the Finder each time I enter a search term in the window of one drive, and upon entering a syllable in a drive's Search box, the area is expanded to include every folder in at least 4 different hard drives (inclding my iMac's).
I'm not sure if the problem is overly large drives (500 GB to 1.5 TB) or some default setting, probably associated with Spotlight, that interprets each and every search as, basically, "everything Spotlight can conceivably see." Needless to say, my cleaning project is going slow--primarily because I can't work "one room at a time."
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OS X :: Way To Encrypt A Single Folder With A Password?
Jul 21, 2010So I have some sensitive documents in a folder on my Mac that I'd like to restrict access to. Is there a way to password protect a single folder within Finder so that people using my Mac cannot view the contents?Seems like it should be an easy thing to do, but it doesn't look like I have that option.
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Software :: Opening Folder From Dock With A Single Click?
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Mar 14, 2012A friend wants to move the music in family members Home folders to a single folder on an external drive. Then all the user accounts should point to that folder. The destination folder is already being used by his account and it has a lot of music files already.what steps do I take to safely transfer the files to the external drive and connect the iTunes accounts to that folder?
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May 29, 2012I'm trying to share a folder between users on a single mac. I want both users to be able to read and write so the folder stays current on both accounts. I put the folder in "shared," set permissions on folder so other user can read and write, enabled file sharing, but can't find the folder on the second user's account.
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Feb 22, 2012How can I select multiple file / Folder in a row i.e. continuously.
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OS X V10.7 Lion :: How To Search For A Folder By Size
May 19, 2012That's my question, I'm trying to search to find folders larger than a certain size, and when I select "file size" it doesn't give any results, so obviously it doesn't work.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Missing Folder From Search?
Jun 12, 2012I have a folder that won't show up in a finder search, including all its contents. I relaunched finder, but didn't work anyway.
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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 :: Unable To Search By Folder Size In Finder
May 15, 2010I am trying to find large folders on my hard drive. My Library is rather large, over two-gigs. Yet, if I do a search for Kind-Folder and Size-is greater than-1kb I get NOTHING! Why? Because the damn Finder is measuring the size of the folder itself, not its contents!!
View 11 Replies View RelatedOS 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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Feb 14, 2012I created a new folder under root "/" to store my working files But whenever I open this folder using finder, the spotlight search return 0 result no matter what I input I know spotlight have some prefined index path, but some how I cannot add my custom folder to be index
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OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: Smart Folder Doesn't Remember Folders To Search
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:
- 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.
But a month later when I open the Smart Folder, the latest bills aren't there.
When I "Show Search Criteria," I see the "Search within" has been changed to a circular reference — it SEARCHES WITHIN THE SMART FOLDER ITSELF!
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.
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)
MacBook Pro :: Data Transfer As Itunes Music - Some Data Compiled In To Single Folder?
May 27, 2010i just got a new macbook pro 13" laptop and am trying to transfer my itunes music as well as some data i have compiled into a single folder from my (2005) Powerbook G4 12" laptop. Please help me out with this i have no idea how to do this and the Apple Store said they will do it for $100 and i just poured every penny i own into this computer and cannot sell me old computer to pay bills until i transfer this data.
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Feb 23, 2012I am unable to use the search window on the right to get results when Google is selected as the search engine.I type in a search term and I am directed to a blank google search page. I have to type in the search term again, then I see a list of "hits". But when
I click on one of these hits I am not directed to the URL displayed. I have quit out of Safari and relaunched. I have rebooted my Mac. Neither changes the problem... This is a Google problem: I have the same symptoms when I use Safari on Windows XP. When I switch the search engine to Bing, the problems go away, for both platforms Has Google been hacked? Is this a Google attack on Safari? How can I enter GoGoDuck as a search engine choice?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Sep 11, 2014On my macbook pro which is using mountain lion, by safari search engine preferences is set to google, but when i enter a search term it defaults to bing. Only noticed this problem after downloading adobe flash player for what it's worth.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)
Applications :: Keyboard Shortcut For Switching Search Engines In Safari Search Box
Jul 27, 2010Is there a keyboard shortcut for switching search engines in Safari's search box (I believe Chrome had this feature before they got rid of the search box in the latest version)? The arrow on the left-hand side is cumbersome.
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Mar 10, 2012While searching on Google and viewing a page, the search box clears when I return to the search list using the back button.
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Safari :: Google Search Box - Delete 1 Item And Leave The Rest Of The Search List Intact?
Jun 21, 2012In the Google search box in Safari how do you delete 1 item and leave the rest of the search list intact?
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Intel Imac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
Applications :: Safari 4 Search Box - Fast Browser Search
Dec 21, 2009Hum I dont know how or why this changed havent told Safari to change it. is there a way to set it back to safari? Only thing I have downloaded is Makethewebbetter for a plug in for facebook dont think that changed it (its a app for elfyourself)
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Feb 24, 2010Is Firefox crashing frequently for anyone else? I'm running 3.6 and it is crashing on me almost every day, and every time it is just after I start typing in the address bar or the search bar.
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Apr 25, 2012I keep trying to search something and every-time it just freezes then goes to the destop...
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Safari :: Create A Folder Inside A Folder { Sub Folder } In Bookmarks?
Mar 27, 2012I am wanting to create a Folder inside a Folder { Sub Folder } in Bookmarks.
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MacBook :: Delete Hide Folder From Usb, It Says "The Folder Can't Be Moved Into Sub-folder"?
Mar 16, 2012When i want to delete hide folder from usb, it says "The folder “trashes” can’t be moved into one of its subfolders".. What does it mean and how can i delete it??
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Oct 9, 2010I've recently started using Hulu (I know, late to the party...), and discovered that it does not run smoothly on my single G5. It's running 10.5 on a 1.6GHz G5 with 3GB of RAM, the stock hard drive, and Radeon 9600 graphics. The video lags horribly. The issue is not my internet connection; it works fine on my Thinkpad. Am I out of luck, or is there something I should try to patch things up? Using Firefox 3.6, for what it's worth.
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