What is a smart folder on the Mac?
A smart folder on MacBook or Mac to filter out files according to specific search criteria - for example, by name, file extension, or content and automatically combines them in a folder. So you can, for example, all PDF files that belong to a specific lecture, or your entire music collection automatically, in a single place to view and quickly access them.
Smart Folder
To create a new smart folder on the Mac
A Smart folder with certain properties to create, proceed as follows:
- Open the "Finder".
- Press the key combination "cmd" + "alt" + "N". Alternatively, you can go in the menu bar on "file" -> "New smart folder"
- It is a blank window with the Heading "New smart folder"opens.
Smart folders-create
Here you can click on the search at the top right after any file names and file extensions to search. "Clean" is the following solution:
- Click on the small "+" at the top right. You want to search the entire Computer, pay attention in addition to the fact that behind "the Search" This Mac is clicked.
- Select the newly appearing menu bar on the left, for example, "Art" and to the right of "PDF" to get all PDF files on your Mac is displayed.
- Again, press " + " to add more criteria to select - for example, "the content contains:".
- So, you can limit the selection as desired, until only the files, that you want to store in the smart folder.
You can define search criteria
Finally, you need to assign the folder a name and a location:
- After you have specified all your criteria, click top right on "Save".
- Rename the folder, and select the storage space.
- You want the folder to appear later bar in the side menu of Finder, leave the check in the "add sidebar". Otherwise, you remove it.
- Click on "Save".
Smart folders store
From now on, the folder that automatically collects all files with the specified search criteria. The latter can change at any time at the back. You open up the smart folder and click on the Gear icon and then on "search criteria"show.
