techpwn.com — One of the most underused features in Mac OS X is the use of “Smart Folders”. So…what are they? In a nutshell, a Smart Folder contains items in the folder based on search critera that you set in the preferences of the folder instead of grouping the contained items by location, like a regular folder. This makes it very easy to be organized.
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geokenJan 24, 2007
"Yes and no. While I agree, organization is important from the get go, it is also good to look at this as another tool for organization."Exactly. There are many different scenerios under which you would want to view a group of files. It helps to build your directory structure based off of the most common scenerio, but it's a pretty good feature to be able to ignore the directory structure and use a totally different one when the situation warrants it.
mrdirkdigglerJan 24, 2007
This article is half copied and pasted from the help page on Apple's site. It's also pretty obvious... why all the diggage?
zero2aheroJan 24, 2007
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ultmastJan 24, 2007
@haxxorfreakThe problem is that she can look in the preferences and see what folders you've chosen not to index. It almost makes it easier on her to nail you.Just use Disk Utility and put all your "research" into a password protected disk image. Just name it something very 2001, and you can always claim you forgot the password.Being a disk image, you can even back it up easily, if need be.
mozzepJan 24, 2007
You would start by going to System Preferences > Sharing > [start] Windows Sharing.Then on the PC, I don't know the exact procedure, but you need find some kind of "Connect to a network" setting. Then enter the local IP of the mac computer on the network. That should be about it. You might need to preface this with "smb://". It's really pretty easy...Or just google it.
maanwiJan 25, 2007
You can share whole drives with other users - just log in from the remote machine with the username and password of the machine you are connecting to. This is a security risk though, because that user can do pretty much everything that you can.
delmonteJan 25, 2007
Apple has been toying with this idea well before Microsoft even thought of working on Vista.Smart Folders were to be included in Copland, Apple's failed OS, somewhere in the beginning of the 90s.Most of Spotlight's tech seems to originate from Apple's v-twin search engine, also dating back to 1990 and even before.
johntookerMar 9, 2007
Thanks for that tip. I was trying to figure out a way to get Logic, Reason, Live, Melodyne, and Pro Tools files in one smart folder and that sure did it.