Find empty folders and accurate Spotlight search results
I’m trying to find empty folders preferably through Spotlight (searching for ‘Kind:Folders’ with ‘Number of items equals zero’), and not including anything relating to Time Machine backups. When I do this, I get results of none even though review of individual Finder windows occasionally shows folders that are in fact empty.
As background, my internal hard drive has items transferred from various sources including files originally on a different computer, and a network and/or external drive.
I’ve tried changing ownership and permissions through both Terminal and the Get Info window, and using the criteria ‘Number of items equals one’ and ‘Number of items is less than one.’
Does it make a difference whether System Preferences/Sharing is on or off?
Is there presently a way to find empty folders?
(I’ve previously posted a similar question, and I’ve also reviewed similar discussions in this forum.)
Thank you!
Mac mini, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)