[NPMUG] Snow Leopard and Smart Folders

[R_Adams]

There seems to have been a change in the way smart folders are  
populated in Snow Leopard.  I like to keep a smart folder called All  
Today.  It is a great troubleshooting tool.  For example, there is a  
bug in using your mouse to select Expose  "Show Desktop".  With this  
smart folder, I can change the Expose settings and quickly see that  
com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist is the possible problem site.

Unfortunately, Snow Leopard is not populating an realtime smart folder  
very elegantly.  One has to open the smart folder, show search  
criteria, and toggle search locations to properly populate the folder.

For example, here is a "All Today" search criteria:

Create a new Smart Folder w/ search conditions as follows:

Kind = Any
System Files = Are Included
(Option+) ANY of the following are TRUE
- Last Opened Date = Today
- Last Modified Date = Today

Save the folder

Close finder and open the folder.  You will see that the folder is not  
properly populated.  Now, open "Show Search Criteria" and toggle  
Search location at the top.  Now correctly populated.  It is a  
nuisance to have to drop down the menu to show the search criteria and  
then toggle.  This was not the case in Leopard.

Can anyone think of a work around?

thanks -- Ron