Smart Folder Challenges

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  1. Bottomsup, Aug 31, 2014

    Bottomsup macrumors regular

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    hi

    i'm trying to create a smart folder that shows me my most recently accessed documents.

    the problem i have is that when i select the "document" criterial i'm getting all these html and other files i do not want.

    is there a way to filter these out? if i remove "documents" i can no longer see my MS Office documents.

    Thanks
     

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  2. Weaselboy, Aug 31, 2014

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    Could you do something like this to narrow it down the MS file types you want?

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  3. Jessica Lares, Aug 31, 2014
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    Jessica Lares macrumors G3

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    Do a "Name" and "is not" the extension of those files. I just tried it and it worked.

    I tried that first. It doesn't seem to work with multiple types of files, like he has in his example.

    EDIT: Actually, yeah, if you have that "Any" at the top, it should work like Weaselboy's screenshot works. Switch out "kind:document" for the "name:ends with" and leave the rest alone. If you need other files to show up, just repeat and exchange it for the other extensions.
     
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  4. Bottomsup, Aug 31, 2014

    Bottomsup thread starter macrumors regular

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    thanks. this worked.

    i was messing around and found this also worked
     

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