Macworld | Create good queries in Spotlight
by karlcowmastering a few simple tricks, you can limit your search to specific types of data, exclude terms, and more—helping Spotlight locate exactly what you need.
mastering a few simple tricks, you can limit your search to specific types of data, exclude terms, and more—helping Spotlight locate exactly what you need.
Vous possédez un Mac et vous utilisez Google Document. Voici une application qui vous permettra de rechercher des documents et signets présents sur votre compte Google en utilisant Spotlight. Cette utilitaire se nomme Precipitate, il a été développé par Stuart Morgan de chez Google.
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You can then do geographic queries like: latitude:<20 longitude:>20 and get all files you’ve created (such as photos or documents) while in Hawaii.
"Spotlight自体は、Tigerから搭載されていた検索機能だが、Leopardでは、検索速度とヒット率が劇的に向上し、ネットワーク検索や複合検索への対応、さらには検索以外の新しい機能も追加された。これによってTigerまでのSpotlightとは、まるで別物と思えるくらい便利になっている。"
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Besides making many existing FUSE file systems available on Mac OS X, MacFUSE opens up a whole new set of opportunities for Macintosh developers, who can now put intuitive and innovative interfaces around all kinds of information.
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So it turns out I just downloaded a file that I already have four copies of under different names and locations.
This utility helps you manage and re-import the metadata databases in Spotlight.
This is pretty much what Spotlight does currently, except that it only works on the local file system. Just as with Apple's Spotlight, the crawled information can then be queried. But unlike Spotlight, it could be done using the much more powerful W3C standard SPARQL query language.
Observes filesystem changes using the same underlying API as Spotlight. Provides a graphical representation of the file activity. Example use could be to determine what files are changed via software installation, preferences, etc. Requires admin access & will only work on Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger".