Is there a way to exclude certain folders from searches?

[jamdr]

In particular, I want to exclude the Developer's folder from searches because it always has a bunch of matches that I don't want to see. Is there a way to do this?

 

[live4ever]

One way is to put a colour label on your Dev folder (say purple) - add a rule to the find dialog such as:

 

[jamdr]

Thanks, that's a good suggestion. It seems like Apple should have a more direct way to do this, though. Perhaps Spotlight will make this kind of search easier.