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Just Use Text Wrangler
Authored by: baltwo on May 31, '05 02:02:46PM

You don't need Text Wrangler or the PList Editor. I just copied the one from a smart folder plist, setting it up to search on a term with name contains and visibility as the options, into TextEdit, deleted the search term array, and saved it as default_smart.plist. I then backed up the original and dropped it into the Finder.app. Works like a charm.

Here's what I changed the default_smart.plist to—now CMD + F comes up with Name and Visible as its defaults.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>RawQuery</key>
<string></string>
<key>SearchCriteria</key>
<dict>
<key>CurrentFolderPath</key>
<string>/</string>
<key>FXCriteriaSlices</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>FXSliceKind</key>
<string>Snam</string>
<key>Operator</key>
<string>S:**</string>
<key>Value</key>
<string></string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>FXSliceKind</key>
<string>Svis</string>
<key>Value</key>
<string>No%20%20</string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>FXScope</key>
<integer>0</integer>
</dict>
<key>Version</key>
<string>10.4</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Delete these lines, if you don't want visible as an option:

<dict>
<key>FXSliceKind</key>
<string>Svis</string>
<key>Value</key>
<string>No%20%20</string>
</dict>



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How about Contents box, too?
Authored by: AstroMacMan on Aug 03, '05 09:54:32AM

This was a great tip. Now, is there a way of adding another string <dict> entry so that it would also display the Contents box underneath the Name box.

That would really help.

Of course, I'd still like to get rid of the way it groups files and change the order it presents the groups, but, oh well, can't have everything!



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