Clean u p with Smart Folders

make Smart Folders In Finder, go to File > New Smart Folder. The window’s title will change accordingly, and you can direct the search at your entire Mac (This Mac) or the folder that was previously in the window (Desktop by default). Set a criterion Click the + button and set your criterion to match files whose size is greater than 250MB. Almost instantly, you’ll see matching files in the window. Change the size figure and the Smart Folder’s contents will update to suit. A second criterion Click + to add another criterion, and set its properties to ‘Last opened date is before’ and a date that’s several months in the past. That way you won’t have to wade through recent files that you probably want to keep for now. Save your folder Click Save. In the sheet, name your Smart Folder ‘Large + big files’. Searches are saved to ~/Library/Saved Searches, and can be placed in Finder’s sidebar by marking Add To Sidebar before you click the sheet’s Save button. Use your search Click your Smart Folder in any Finder window’s sidebar to see an up–to–date list of matching files. Ctrl–click a file and choose Show Enclosing Folder to see its original home — or use the path bar (choose View > Show Path Bar). Change criteria Criteria are not set in stone. Ctrl–click your Smart Folder in Finder’s sidebar and choose Show Search Criteria. You’ll now see all of the conditions you set again. This enables you to, for example, adjust the last opened date when needed. tweak a selection It’s possible to nest criteria in Smart Folders, enabling more complex searches. In a moment, you’ll create a new rule like the one in step 2, but this time with a smaller target file size. criteria groups Rather than clicking + to add the second condition, hold Opt. The + turns into an ellipsis (‘…’). Click that and a group is created, into which you can add multiple criteria and define whether any, all or none of them must be met. Add more conditions In the group, add a few ‘Kind is’ rules, to narrow your search to images, music and video. Now you’ve a way of quickly spotting big media documents on your Mac, without the search results including file types like apps.