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FileSpot 2.1 released: Supercharged Spotlight interface
Synthesis Studios has released version 2.1 of FileSpot (formerly MoRU), their advanced interface for Spotlight. It allows you to make advanced, boolean logic queries and makes accessible some of the more complex aspects of Spotlight. Not to make it sound complicated, though, its iTunes-ish interface is pretty simple to use. It also adds file tagging with support for other 3rd party tagging apps like Spotmeta. This release adds two great features: Quick Look support and search results that display as they're located rather than waiting for the search to complete. Both features definitely make my day.
FileSpot has a 30 day trial period and costs $20 to register.
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kristin said 10:13AM on 12-29-2007
I'm going to download this today. The one thing that's really stopped me from upgrading the studio to 10.5 is the terrible lack of multi-location support in 10.5 searching. Maybe this will fix that?
Thanks,
k.
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kristin said 10:16AM on 12-29-2007
Installed and does what I'd hoped.
I can't believe Apple removed this function from 10.5!!!
This app will be a staple for me.
k.
cambridgeJason said 11:52AM on 12-29-2007
I'm brand new to the Mac and can't for the life of me figure out how to show the categorized (grouped) search results in Spotlight like seen here:
http://www.outbackphoto.com/computers_and_more/uwes_mac_diary/mac_spotlight.jpg
Did they remove that handy interface from Leopard? I'd also like to know why my Safari history items are showing in the expanded Spotlight screen when I have those unchecked in Spotlight's preferences? And is it possible to show more fields considering that Name, Kind, and Last Opened alone aren't very helpful. I know... too many questions. I think I'll try Filespot.
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