Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Tahoe
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- Intro to Apple Intelligence
- Translate messages and calls
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create your own emoji with Genmoji
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- Find the right words with Writing Tools
- Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions
- Use ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
- Block access to Apple Intelligence features
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- Intro to Continuity
- Use AirDrop to send items to nearby devices
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Control your iPhone from your Mac
- Copy and paste between devices
- Stream video and audio with AirPlay
- Make and receive calls and text messages on your Mac
- Use your iPhone internet connection with your Mac
- Share your Wi-Fi password with another device
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Insert sketches, photos, and scans from iPhone or iPad
- Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch
- Use your iPad as a second display
- Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad
- Sync music, books, and more between devices
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright and trademarks
Create or change a Smart Folder on Mac
You can create a Smart Folder that contains a list of files that have something in common. You specify the criteria for the items you want in the folder, such as the type of file, the date a file was opened, or the contents of a file. For example, if you like to bake, you could create a Smart Folder that has all the Pages documents you opened in the past year that contain the words “cookie” and “recipe.”
As you add, change, or delete files on your Mac that meet the criteria, the list of files in the Smart Folder is updated automatically.
Create a Smart Folder
In the Finder
on your Mac, choose File > New Smart Folder.Specify the criteria.
Set the first rule: In the search field, enter a topic, a phrase, a date, or another characteristic of the files you want listed in your Smart Folder, then choose from the suggestions that appear below the search field. Refine your search by clicking the Action pop-up menu in the search field.
Add a rule: Click
Click Save, then enter a name and location for your Smart Folder.
If you don’t want your Smart Folder to be in the sidebar, deselect Add To Sidebar.
You can’t use certain characters, including punctuation such as a colon (:), in folder names. If an error message appears, try using another name.
Click Save.
Change the criteria for a Smart Folder
In the Finder
on your Mac, open the Smart Folder.Click
(you may need to resize the window to see the icon), then choose Show Search Criteria.