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Re: How to get "[Any/All/None] of the following are true" button in Smart Folder search criteria (OS X 10.13.6 High Sierra)

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On 2023-06-09, Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> wrote:
> On 6/8/23 5:46 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>
>> On 2023-06-09, Doc O'Leary <droleary.usenet@2023.impossiblystupid.com> wrote:
>
>>> For your reference, records indicate that
>>> Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I discovered, of course, that I had used "[Any] of the following
>>>> are true".
>>>>
>>>> But I can't remember how I got that button to appear!  And, so far,
>>>> I haven't found it by trial-and-error and haven't found it
>>>> mentioned on any online help page or in Mac Help.
>>>
>>> With at least one rule showing, hold down the option key.  The “+”
>>> for each item will become a “…”, and that will add the level of
>>> nesting you're looking for.
>> 
>> BTW, you can find this in the Finder's built-in help. Choose Help >
>> macOS help from the Finder menu bar, then search for "finder search"
>> and click the "Narrow your search results on Mac" topic. Under "Add
>> criteria to a search", it's step 6. 😉
>
> Yeah.  The trouble, as always, is that you have to know *what* to
> search for.  Since I'd been doing this by clicking New Smart Folder, I
> didn't think to look for Saved Searches.
>
> Thanks!

I'll go you one better: I initially gave up trying to remember out how I
used to do it, and after bumbling around in the UI, threw my hands up in
frustration. It wasn't until Doc answered that it occurred to me to
search for it in the help system. 🤣 

I *hate* it when features like this are so hidden that you have a hard
time figuring out how to do them without prior knowledge (and even with
it, if it's been long enough that you've forgotten)!

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How to get "[Any/All/None] of the following are true" button in Smart Folder search criteria (OS X 10.13.6 High Sierra) Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> - 2023-06-08 10:12 -0700
  Re: How to get "[Any/All/None] of the following are true" button in Smart Folder search criteria (OS X 10.13.6 High Sierra) Doc O'Leary ,   <droleary.usenet@2023.impossiblystupid.com> - 2023-06-09 00:05 +0000
    Re: How to get "[Any/All/None] of the following are true" button in Smart Folder search criteria (OS X 10.13.6 High Sierra) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2023-06-09 00:46 +0000
      Re: How to get "[Any/All/None] of the following are true" button in Smart Folder search criteria (OS X 10.13.6 High Sierra) Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> - 2023-06-08 18:36 -0700
        Re: How to get "[Any/All/None] of the following are true" button in Smart Folder search criteria (OS X 10.13.6 High Sierra) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2023-06-09 01:59 +0000
          Re: How to get "[Any/All/None] of the following are true" button in Smart Folder search criteria (OS X 10.13.6 High Sierra) Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> - 2023-06-08 19:30 -0700
            Re: How to get "[Any/All/None] of the following are true" button in Smart Folder search criteria (OS X 10.13.6 High Sierra) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2023-06-09 03:10 +0000
    Re: How to get "[Any/All/None] of the following are true" button in Smart Folder search criteria (OS X 10.13.6 High Sierra) Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> - 2023-06-08 18:35 -0700
      Re: How to get "[Any/All/None] of the following are true" button in Smart Folder search criteria (OS X 10.13.6 High Sierra) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2023-06-09 02:00 +0000
        A new problem: can't Save, because can't scroll, was Re: How to get "[Any/All/None] of the following are true" button in Smart Folder search criteria (OS X 10.13.6 High Sierra) Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> - 2023-06-08 19:34 -0700
          Re: A new problem: can't Save, because can't scroll, was Re: How to get "[Any/All/None] of the following are true" button in Smart Folder search criteria (OS X 10.13.6 High Sierra) Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> - 2023-06-08 19:36 -0700

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