"All My Files" doesn't show all of my files

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When I select the "All My Files" view in a Finder window, it correctly shows my files sorted by file type "Presentations", "PDF documents", "Images", etcetera.  The problem is that many, if not most, of my files aren&#x27;t listed.  For example, on the "PDF documents" row, the right-hand side of the Finder window says "Show all (58)" when I in fact have over 700 .PDF files.  Likewise, the Finder window only shows one file of the type "Presentations" and one file of the type "Spreadsheets", even though I have almost 150 of each.  If I perform a Spotlight search on ".ppt" or ".xls", all of my files show up correctly and are identified correctly by type (i.e. "Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation" or "Microsoft Exel Workbook"), so I know that Lion knows what type of files these are.  So why is only one of each showing up in the "All My Files" view?I&#x27;ve also noticed that the only images that show up in "All My Files" are the ones that *aren&#x27;t* in iPhoto.  Likewise, the only music files that show up in "All My Files" are the ones that *aren&#x27;t* in iTunes, but I&#x27;m guessing that this is because I&#x27;m supposed to access those files through iPhoto or iTunes rather than through the Finder?Any help would be appreciated.  I can actually see the "All My Files" view as being a useful feature, but only if it would in fact show all of my files.Thanks,Scott Gardner

WaterGlobe43 · Answer

Ongiong thread here:https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3195914Unfortunatly, no answer yet....

ssssn0027 · Answer

I can help you.but I am not good at english.so I am sorry.anyway,the solution is that edit your file which path is "/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocum ents.cannedSearch"for exampleI need to search my "data" partition.it must be mounted in "/Volumes/data"and do this&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;...&lt;dict&gt;                &lt;key&gt;FinderFilesOnly&lt;/key&gt;                &lt;true/&gt;                &lt;key&gt;RawQuery&lt;/key&gt;                &lt;string&gt;(true) &amp;amp;&amp;amp; (((kMDItemContentTypeTree &#x3D; public.content)))&lt;/string&gt;                &lt;key&gt;SearchScopes&lt;/key&gt;                &lt;array&gt;                  &lt;string&gt;~/&lt;/string&gt;                  &lt;string&gt;-Library&lt;/string&gt;                  &lt;string&gt;-Music/iTunes&lt;/string&gt;                  &lt;string&gt;-Documents/Steam Content&lt;/string&gt;                  &lt;string&gt;~/Library/Mobile Documents&lt;/string&gt;                  &lt;string&gt;/Volumes/data&lt;/string&gt;            #############    Import this line    #############                &lt;/array&gt;...&lt;integer&gt;1396925814&lt;/integer&gt;                &lt;key&gt;FXScopeArrayOfPaths&lt;/key&gt;                &lt;array&gt;                  &lt;string&gt;~/&lt;/string&gt;                  &lt;string&gt;-Library&lt;/string&gt;                  &lt;string&gt;-Music/iTunes&lt;/string&gt;                  &lt;string&gt;-Documents/Steam Content&lt;/string&gt;                  &lt;string&gt;~/Library/Mobile Documents&lt;/string&gt;                  &lt;string&gt;/Volumes/data&lt;/string&gt;                  &lt;string&gt;/Volumes/data&lt;/string&gt;            #############    Import this line    #############                &lt;/array&gt;        &lt;/dict&gt;...&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;&#x3D;and you can find what you want to look in you "all my files".I am sorry that I am not good at english.

ScottRiqui · Answer

Thank you so much for this.  It won&#x27;t solve all of our problems, because sometimes we&#x27;ll have two files in the exact same folder, and one will show up in "All My Files" but the other one won&#x27;t.  Still, this will be helpful for adding additional folders to the canned search.One question - what program are you using to edit the "myDocuments.CannedSearch" file?  I tried to open it in a text editor and just saw a bunch of foreign language subfolders.  I couldn&#x27;t find where to add keys and strings.Thanks again!