ventura search current folder only

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ventura search current folder only

Trying to use search function to find folders containing the word 'Print' in a folder called August 2022. Despite setting the parameters for the search, the results found include locations that are not in August 2022.

We do this on a monthly basis, removing old print files a month at a time to clear space, and it has never been a problem until we upgraded to Ventura. I only want to find print folders in August; October, September etc are not to be deleted yet and should not be returned in the results.

In Finder settings I have 'Search the current folder' selected, running Ventura 13.0.1.

Any ideas to limit the search field to a particular location rather than network wide?

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Posted on Dec 19, 2022 12:54 AM

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Old Toad

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Dec 19, 2022 3:21 PM in response to Artwork2022

You can use the shareware app Find Any File to search IN a specific folder for ay folders with the folder name of To Print:

If you do a Save As after the initial search you can just double click on the results .faf file and it will automatically open and do another search. Any folders in the search results window can be moved to the Trash bin for deletion. It's particularly easy from the list view.

FAF can search areas that Spotlight can't like invisible folders, system folders and packages.

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Barney-15E

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Dec 19, 2022 1:50 PM in response to Artwork2022

It will search the current folder and sub folders if you set that on Finder Settings.

Document Container is not what you think it means. There is no way to set a folder name as a criteria.

You’d be much better off using tags.

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