Smart folder - different locations

Hello,
I'm just wondering, whether is possible (somehow) to create smart folder with 2 different locations of search.
For instance: I have Movies folder in my MBPro and also Movies folder in my external HDD (connected via USB or Airport extreme or Time Capsule as external HDD). I labeled all movies which I haven't seen yet with red color and all series with blue color.
Now I've created Smart folder which shows me every red labeled folders/files in Movies folder. But it is only Movies folder in my MBPro. But when I'm home and connected to external HDD (Time Capsule), I would love to see also the movies labeled with red (or blue in case of series) color in my smart folder.
I know I can create 2 smart folders, but it isn't so comfortable...
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No, the search as you are describing it wouldn't work. Actually I was surprised that the search I tried the other day did work to exclude the contents of the sub-folder Computers in my Documents folder, trying to do that today doesn't work (I had thought maybe the "path" variable was being used in the raw query that is constructed by the search function, but I think the result I got before was just a happy accident). I'm afraid the only way to exclude the Downloads folder from a search of your home folder is to add it to the Privacy tab of the Spotlight pane in System Prefs.
So add the Downloads folder to Privacy, then navigate to your home folder, hit Command-F, leave the default criterion Kind is Any as is, click the + button and add "Last Modified date is after" and fill in the date. What you will get is a list of files and folders modified after the date you specify that are in any location in your home folder, except in the excluded folder. Your Downloads folder will no longer be searchable however.
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