MacDevCenter Gazes at Spotlight

Matthew Russell has penned a very good introduction to Spotlight that I recommend everyone read. Spotlight is the big ticket item in Tiger, and for many reasons. My powerbook, Ambrose, is handling Spotlight admirably, though not as lightening fast as Steve's demo machines did (he must be using those Intel based Macs).

He goes over how Spotlight works, how to customize it for your workflow, and even the potential privacy issues that might crop up (here's a hint, open Spotlight and type in 'SSN' or 'Social Security' and see what it finds).

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Source: http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/05/24/spotlight.h…

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Matthew Russell has penned a very good introduction to Spotlight that I recommend everyone read. Spotlight is the big ticket item in Tiger,...

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Chris Mcdowell

My spotlight found not matches. Although I dont really enter my social security number online. Which is probably the best thing to do I dont try not to I just havent had to.

May 25 2005 at 3:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

BoBB

The only thing it found on my syste were a few .h header files and a .c file having something to do with AIFF files. But then again I have only had my Mac for about 2-3 weeks(recent switcher), I dont think I hnave every typed my SSN into this machine.

May 25 2005 at 2:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ryan

Oddly enough, Spotlight found an encrypted document that mentioned but did not directly include my SSN. When I typed the password to open it (a PDF), spotlight had already filled in the search field. "SSN" wasn't in the document, but the document was related to my SSN. Spotlight is scary good at finding relationships.

May 25 2005 at 1:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply