Just thought I'd chime in on this thread for the possible benefit of
Ginny, et al... It was a bit of a struggle at first but I, for one,
have come to depend on Spotlight to some degree and at this point
would miss it if it went poof. When I need to locate multiple
instances of embedded data (usually text in my case) across several
hard drives, Spotlight is second to none. I just had to wrap my head
around its quirky interface but that didn't take so very long. I also
use EasyFind with good results for simple searches etc. and this
might also be a good option for some users (hell, it's free):
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11076
Related info: this just in from OSFAQ
Spotlight - Fancy Searches
Click here for the tip in HTML
http://www.osxfaq.com/DailyTips/02-2006/02-21.ws
When you search using the Finder's File : Find... menu item (or press
Command-f), don't just stick to the standard criteria, explore the
Other...
menu item.
Image - http://www.osxfaq.com/DailyTips/02-2006/02-21-1.png
The next two examples illustrate this.
1) Select Kind Others... and hit the pop-up to see all the different
document kinds. For example, here are all the iCal To Do files in
my home
folder.
Image - http://www.osxfaq.com/DailyTips/02-2006/02-21-2.png
2) Search for all photographs that were taken with or without the
flash, or
for all Photoshop documets that have at least two layers called
"jan" and
"dates".
Image - http://www.osxfaq.com/DailyTips/02-2006/02-21-3.png
To open a document, double-click it in the normal manner.
Here's a list of the file types that Spotlight recognizes and can
probe for
metadata (like flash on/off and photoshop layers).
JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and GIF images
MP3 and AAC audio files
QuickTime movies
PDF files
Microsoft Word and Excel documents
iChat transcripts
Email messages
Address Book contacts
iCal calendar files
Third party plug-ins add to this list.
Tomorrow's tip looks at Smart Folders.
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