Thanks David, it’s a little cryptic, but I guess it’ll do.
Too bad you couldn’t bring up the original window with the search criteria. 
It’s a lot easier to read and make sense of the rules there.

> On Dec 23, 2014, at 11:56 AM, David Griffith <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 1. Locate your Smart Folder.
> 2. Bring up the information properties of the folder with command I.
> 3. Navigate down until you hear the query which underlies the criteria for 
> the    folder.
> 
> So in  the folder I did for the Podcast the Mac describes it as 
> ((kMDItemDisplayName = "blindness*")) Query: 
> 
> David Griffith
> 
> David Griffith
>> On 23 Dec 2014, at 15:38, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> I’ve just started working with smart folders after listening to David 
>> Griffith’s podcast. I’ve been able to create a saved search as a smart 
>> folder but I have a question.
>> 
>> How can you inspect the criteria used in the smart folder? That is, How can 
>> you go back and look at the rules you used to create the original search?
>> It’s great to have a smart folder, but if you don’t know what rules that 
>> smart folder uses to gather together its files, rules you’ve long forgotten, 
>> well… wouldn’t that bug you too?
>> I’m sure I’m missing it sitting right before my eyes, but please chime in if 
>> you know the answer.
>> 
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