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.
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.
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.
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. 😉
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!
On 6/8/23 5:05 PM, Doc O'Leary 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.
Fantastic! I never knew you could do *nested* Booleans. I've been
wishing for that for years ... and it was there all the time! (Or at
least since whenever it was introduced.) Now I won't have to do even
the very few elaborate workarounds I successfully came up with!
Thanks!
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)!
On 6/8/23 6:59 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
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)!
Yeah. Mac is famous for supposedly making things very easy for the
naive user. But if even sophisticated users have trouble when starting
from quasi-scratch ... I really wonder how true that reputation is.
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