Smart Group Deletion

[Gerry]

I initiated a smart group in a database. (“Item is not tagged.”) After noting that all the items it identified were indeed tagged, I deleted it.

Before temptying the trash, I always study the contents. I see the smartgroup is there in the trash with (apparently) 54 internal files. Is it conceivable that by deleting a smartgroup I will be deleting all the files it contained as well?

– Gerry

[troejgaard]

See here:

Delete a smart group w/out deleting contents

If you move a smart group to trash, the “smart” bit of it remains active; so you will still see a disclosure triangle to the left of the name of the smart group. If that is pointing down, then the content of the smart group will be disclosed - i.e. you will see everything which fulfils the conditions of the smart group. If, however, you select one of those files and ⇧⌘i you will see that its location is not “trash” but rather wherever the document resides in your database (that’s as opposed to t…

[Gerry]

Thanks. That’s a relief.

– Gerry