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Excluding a location from a search

How to exclude a location from a search: Image I - Please click to enlarge  How to exclude a location from a search: Image II - Please click to enlarge

Figure 33: How to exclude a location from a search.

In the first image above, the volume Macintosh HD is selected as a search location in the Sources (as indicated by the check-mark in its selection box).

  1. Clicking the triangle beside the hard drive icon expands the location, displaying the items contained within, including the System folder.

  2. Clicking the (x) beside any folder excludes it from the search. In addition, the System folder and all associated items can be easily excluded by checking the Exclude the System folder and its associated items from the scan check button (the option is available only if the disk contains a System folder). Looking at the middle screen capture, you can see that by clicking (x), the Applications folder has been removed from the location list. Also note the triangle on the right of the Macintosh HD icon: It indicates that at least one item from that location has been excluded (as shown in the third image).


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