[X4U] Finder Question

Ed Gould edgould1948 at comcast.net
Thu Nov 20 21:36:12 PST 2008


On Nov 20, 2008, at 11:40 PM, Christopher Collins wrote:

> Amazingly, the extra information provided in this email makes it  
> simpler to figure out a solution.
>
> Create a smart folder on the desktop with "kind is any" and "name  
> begins with z" and change "contents" to "filename"
>
> That will give you ALL the files and folders that start with "z" on  
> your Mac.
>
> Then you can do with them what you want. Unfortunately, the finder  
> doesn't appear to show the existing folder they are in or not that  
> I could find in about 3 minutes of playing with the finder.
>
> Regards,
>
> cjc
>

Sigh.... That is what I get for trying to keep things simple and  
short. I could not do as you suggested as one of the folders (10K  
worth) of files that start with z.

Ed



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