macOS 有一个高效的系统来帮助您搜索存储中的文件和文件夹。您可以运行包含特定字词或其他条件的搜索来查找您要查找的项目。Finder内置的智能文件夹(Smart Folders)功能使查找内容变得更加容易。
(Smart Folder)顾名思义，Smart Folder是一种文件夹类型，可让您快速找到您要查找的项目。但话虽如此，智能文件夹(Smart Folder)实际上(actually)并不是文件夹。它更像是使用您保存在计算机上的某些条件进行的搜索。
尽管非常有用，但它并没有被广泛使用，而且你没有利用这个功能就错过了。
在 MacOS 上创建智能文件夹
在Mac上创建一个新的智能文件夹(Smart Folder)是小菜一碟。您需要做的就是单击Finder中的一个选项，您将打开窗口以创建和保存新的智能文件夹(Smart Folder)。
- 要开始使用，请确保您位于Finder窗口中。然后单击顶部的File菜单并选择(File)New Smart Folder选项。
您将看到一个屏幕，而不是通常的文件夹名称提示，它会要求您定义Smart Folder的标准。您可以在此处指定将应用的条件，只有符合条件的文件才会出现在此文件夹中。
- 单击+（加号）添加条件，然后使用下拉菜单指定实际选项。
- 指定选项后，您需要保存文件夹。单击(Click)屏幕上的“保存(Save)”按钮，输入智能文件夹(Smart Folder)的名称，选择要保存的位置，然后单击“保存(Save)” 。
- 如果您希望文件夹出现在Finder窗口的边栏中，您可以勾选添加到边栏选项。(Add To Sidebar )
- 保存文件夹后，您可以像打开任何其他文件夹一样打开它，它将显示所有符合您的智能文件夹(Smart Folder)标准的文件。
如果您对这种类型的文件夹完全陌生并且想要一些建议，这里有一些您可能想尝试的有用的智能文件夹用途。(Smart Folder)
(Find Recently)使用智能(Smart)文件夹查找最近创建的文件
如果您经常需要访问Mac上最近的文件，您可以创建一个智能文件夹(Smart Folder)，只需单击一下即可自动检索所有最近的文件。
- 像往常一样创建一个新的智能文件夹。(Smart Folder)当出现询问文件夹条件的屏幕时，输入以下内容并点击Save。
Search > This Mac
Created date > is > within last > 2 > days
您可以将“2”更改为您喜欢的任意天数。
- 保存文件夹，当您启动它时，它将显示过去 2 天在您的整个Mac上创建的文件。
使用智能文件夹查找大文件
如果您的Mac上的内存空间不足，您可以使用智能文件夹条件来列出(Smart Folder)Mac上的所有大文件。
通过这种方式，您可以找到占据存储空间很大一部分但位于计算机嵌套文件夹深处的大文件。
- 创建一个新的智能文件夹(Smart Folder)并使用以下标准。
File Size > is greater than > 1 > GB
- 它会列出Mac上所有大于 1 GB 的文件。然后，您可以删除您不再在计算机上使用的任何这些大文件。
查看下载的应用程序文件
您从各个站点为您的Mac下载的大多数应用程序都以(Mac)DMG包的形式提供。一旦您安装了这样的应用程序并开始出现在Mac上的Launchpad中，您就不再需要这些DMG包文件。
您可以创建一个智能文件夹(Smart Folder)来查找此类文件，然后将它们从您的Mac中删除。
- 对于智能文件夹(Smart Folder)条件，请选择以下内容：
File extension > is > dmg
- 它会查找并列出Mac上存在的所有 dmg 文件。然后，您可以通过将这些文件移至Trash(Trash)来摆脱它们。
在 Mac 上查找重复文件
重复文件不仅会造成不必要的混乱，而且还会占用Mac上宝贵的内存空间。
因此，找到此类文件并将其从Mac中永久删除非常重要。
由于大多数重复文件的文件名末尾都有 (1)、(2) 等数字，因此您可以使用以下条件在Mac上查找重复文件。
- 按住Option键并单击+（加号）以添加条件。然后选择其他选项，如下所示：
Any > of the following are true
Name > contains > (1)
Name > contains > (2)
Name > contains > (3)
您可以继续使用这些数字在您的Mac(Mac)上找到尽可能多的重复文件。
在 Mac 上查找未使用的应用程序
您可能在Mac(Mac)上安装了一些应用程序，但您不再使用它们。以下是您如何使用智能文件夹(Smart Folders)在您的机器上找到此类未使用的应用程序。
- 输入以下条件并保存并启动智能文件夹(Smart Folder)。
Kind > is > Application
Last opened date > is > before > 19/08/2017
上面的智能文件夹将列出您在(Smart Folder)2017 年 8 月 19 日(August 2017)（或您选择输入的任何日期）之后尚未打开的所有应用程序。这使您可以清楚地了解Mac上未使用的应用程序。
查找(Find Photos Taken)在
某些(Certain)设备上拍摄的照片
如果您想检索在特定设备（例如OnePlus设备）上拍摄的所有照片的列表，您可以使用
Mac上的智能文件夹(Smart Folder)来实现。
- 使用以下标准查找使用Mac上的(Mac)OnePlus设备拍摄的所有照片。如果默认情况下您在下拉菜单中没有找到下面提到的一个或多个选项，请单击下拉菜单中的“其他(Other)”选项并启用这些选项。
Kind > is > Image > All
Device make > matches > OnePlus
它将扫描您图像的EXIF数据，并向您显示设备制造商与(EXIF)OnePlus匹配的图像。
How To Create & Use Smart Folders On MacOS
macOS has an efficient system to hеlp you seаrch for files and folders іn your storage. You can run searches that contain specifiс words or other criteria tо find the items you’re lоoking for. What makes finding things even easiеr though is the Smart Folders feature thаt comes built into the Finder.
Smart Folders, as the name implies, is a folder type that lets you quickly find the items you’re looking for. But saying that, a Smart Folder isn’t actually a folder. It’s more a search with certain criteria that you’ve saved on your machine.
Despite being so useful, it isn’t widely used and you’re missing out by not taking advantage of this feature.
Creating A Smart Folder On MacOS
Creating
a new Smart Folder on a Mac is a piece of cake. All you need to do is
click on an option in the Finder and you’ll have the window open to
create and save your new Smart Folder.
- To get started, make sure you’re inside a Finder window. Then click on the File menu at the top and select the option that says New Smart Folder.
Instead of the usual folder name prompt, you’ll get a screen where it asks you to define the criteria for your Smart Folder. Here you can specify the criteria that will be applied, and only those files meeting the criteria will appear here in this folder.
- Click on the + (plus) sign to add a criteria and then use the drop-down menus to specify the actual options.
- When you’ve specified your options, you need to save the folder. Click on the Save button on the screen, enter a name for your Smart Folder, select where you’d like to save it, and click on Save.
- You may tick-mark the Add To Sidebar option if you’d like for the folder to appear in the sidebar of your Finder windows.
- Once the folder is saved, you can open it like any other folder and it will display all the files that meet your Smart Folder criteria.
If you’re completely new to this type of folder and you’d like some suggestions, here are some useful Smart Folder uses you might like to try.
Find Recently Created
Files With Smart Folders
If you often need to access the recent files on your Mac, you can create a Smart Folder that automatically retrieves all of your recent files with a single click.
- Create a new Smart Folder as you would normally. When the screen to ask the folder criteria appears, enter in the following and hit Save.
Search > This Mac
Created date > is > within last > 2 > days
You can change “2” to any number of days you like.
- Save the folder and when you launch it, it’ll display the files that have been created in the last 2 days on your entire Mac.
Find Large Files With
Smart Folders
If you’re running out of memory space on your Mac, you can use Smart Folder criteria that will list all the large files sitting on your Mac.
This way you can find the large files that occupy a significant portion of your storage but are sitting deep down in nested folders on your machine.
- Create a new Smart Folder and use the following criteria for it.
File Size > is greater than > 1 > GB
- It’ll list out all the files that are greater than 1 gigabyte in size on your Mac. You can then get rid of any of these large files that you no longer use on your machine.
View Downloaded App
Files
Most
of the apps that you download for your Mac from various sites come as
a DMG package. Once you’ve installed such an app and it starts to
appear in Launchpad on your Mac, you no longer need these DMG package
files.
You
can create a Smart Folder to find such files and then delete them
from your Mac.
- For the Smart Folder criteria, select the following:
File extension > is > dmg
- It’ll find and list all the dmg files that exist on your Mac. You may then get rid of those files by moving them to the Trash.
Find Duplicate Files
On Your Mac
Not only do duplicate files create unnecessary clutter but they also take up the precious memory space on your Mac.
So it’s important that you find such files and delete them permanently from your Mac.
Since
most duplicate files have numbers such as (1), (2), etc, at the end
of their file names, you can use the below criteria to find duplicate
files on your Mac.
- Hold down the Option key and click on the + (plus) sign to add a criteria. Then select the other options as the following:
Any > of the following are true
Name > contains > (1)
Name > contains > (2)
Name > contains > (3)
You can go on with these numbers to find as many duplicate files as possible on your Mac.
Find Unused Apps On
Mac
There
may be some apps that you’ve installed on your Mac but you no
longer use them. Here’s how you can find such unused apps on your
machine with Smart Folders.
- Enter in the following criteria and save and launch the Smart Folder.
Kind > is > Application
Last opened date > is > before > 19/08/2017
The above Smart Folder will list all the apps you haven’t opened after 19th August 2017 (or whatever date you choose to enter). This gives you a clear idea of the unused apps on your Mac.
Find Photos Taken On
Certain Devices
If
you’d like to retrieve a list of all the photos that were captured
on a certain device, say a OnePlus device, you can do so using a
Smart Folder on your Mac.
- Use the following criteria to find all the photos taken using a OnePlus device on your Mac. If you don’t find one or more of the options mentioned below in the dropdown menus by default, click on the Other option in the dropdown and enable those options.
Kind > is > Image > All
Device make > matches > OnePlus
It’ll scan the EXIF data of your images and show you the images where the device maker matches OnePlus.
