Q: Smart folders showing wrong last opened date
I use PCs at work and frequently use the Recent Items folder. It's very handy.
I've been trying to set up a Smart Folder on my MBP to work the same way, but there are two issues I'm running into. Searching by kind 'Documents' does include pull in .doc files. Moreover, the documents search pulls in things like MP3s that don't seem intuitive. The second problem is that many files come up with the wrong 'Last Opened Date' and, as such, files I know I have worked on in the past week show as having not been opened since several months ago.
I found this article that describes perhaps how to address the second problem, but it seems a little risky and labor-intensive. Can anyone here vouch for the validity of this solution? Also, what's the deal with the Kind search not finding Doc files?
Thanks
Michael
MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
Posted on Sep 24, 2016 7:16 PM