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From: Wes Groleau on 26 Dec 2009 12:27 dorayme wrote: > Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: >> Moral of the story is "Take chances; make mistakes; get messy" >> (two points for 'who said that?') > > Ms. Frizzle Two points to dorayme. Although I remember the series well, in five minutes of straining, I couldn't pull the name out of the bottom of the pile. -- Wes Groleau A child's funeral http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1583
From: isw on 26 Dec 2009 13:43 In article <barmar-4C6494.16421024122009(a)nothing.attdns.com>, Barry Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote: > In article <isw-DDD856.12005024122009@[216.168.3.50]>, > isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > > > Why is it that when I do a Spotlight search on "Contents", no matter > > what the search phrase is (even random characters), there's always a > > bunch of iCal files in the result? None of them contains anything of > > significance concerning what I am searching for. Plus, if you click on > > them, no path info is displayed, so you can't even find out where they > > are. > > Are they named corestorage.ics? The corestorage.ics files live in > ~/Library/Application > Support/iCal/Sources/<random-looking-string>.calendar/. There's a > .calendar folder for each calendar in iCal, and the corestorage.ics file > in it contains all the calendar entries. > > If these are some other .ics file, they're probably email attachments > containing meeting invites. > > If you can find the files, you could try looking at them. They're plain > text files containing the event information, so you could open it in a > text editor to see where the string you're looking for appears. > > > I was looking for "DSC00144" (part of the name of a JPEG image), and I > > got 9 hits that were iCal files. > > I don't get any matches. (Note that these only show up when searching file contents, not names) They have names like ""First Day"; "Last Weekday"; "2nd and 4th Thursday"; with iCal icons and with no extension. They are kind: "iCal file". When one is highlighted, the path display at the bottom of the window remains blank. Putting the name of one of them, say "Last Weekday", in the search cartouche and searching on names will cause it to show up in the results, but again, highlighting it provides no path info. So, I don't know how to find them. Isaac
From: Barry Margolin on 26 Dec 2009 23:20 In article <isw-65ADE8.10431626122009@[216.168.3.50]>, isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > In article <barmar-4C6494.16421024122009(a)nothing.attdns.com>, > Barry Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote: > > > In article <isw-DDD856.12005024122009@[216.168.3.50]>, > > isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > > > > > Why is it that when I do a Spotlight search on "Contents", no matter > > > what the search phrase is (even random characters), there's always a > > > bunch of iCal files in the result? None of them contains anything of > > > significance concerning what I am searching for. Plus, if you click on > > > them, no path info is displayed, so you can't even find out where they > > > are. > > > > Are they named corestorage.ics? The corestorage.ics files live in > > ~/Library/Application > > Support/iCal/Sources/<random-looking-string>.calendar/. There's a > > .calendar folder for each calendar in iCal, and the corestorage.ics file > > in it contains all the calendar entries. > > > > If these are some other .ics file, they're probably email attachments > > containing meeting invites. > > > > If you can find the files, you could try looking at them. They're plain > > text files containing the event information, so you could open it in a > > text editor to see where the string you're looking for appears. > > > > > I was looking for "DSC00144" (part of the name of a JPEG image), and I > > > got 9 hits that were iCal files. > > > > I don't get any matches. > > (Note that these only show up when searching file contents, not names) > > They have names like ""First Day"; "Last Weekday"; "2nd and 4th > Thursday"; with iCal icons and with no extension. They are kind: "iCal > file". When one is highlighted, the path display at the bottom of the > window remains blank. > > Putting the name of one of them, say "Last Weekday", in the search > cartouche and searching on names will cause it to show up in the > results, but again, highlighting it provides no path info. > > So, I don't know how to find them. Weird. What happens if you select one of them from the spotlight results? -- Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
From: isw on 27 Dec 2009 00:54 In article <barmar-3220C7.23200926122009(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Barry Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote: > In article <isw-65ADE8.10431626122009@[216.168.3.50]>, > isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > > > In article <barmar-4C6494.16421024122009(a)nothing.attdns.com>, > > Barry Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote: > > > > > In article <isw-DDD856.12005024122009@[216.168.3.50]>, > > > isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Why is it that when I do a Spotlight search on "Contents", no matter > > > > what the search phrase is (even random characters), there's always a > > > > bunch of iCal files in the result? None of them contains anything of > > > > significance concerning what I am searching for. Plus, if you click on > > > > them, no path info is displayed, so you can't even find out where they > > > > are. > > > > > > Are they named corestorage.ics? The corestorage.ics files live in > > > ~/Library/Application > > > Support/iCal/Sources/<random-looking-string>.calendar/. There's a > > > .calendar folder for each calendar in iCal, and the corestorage.ics file > > > in it contains all the calendar entries. > > > > > > If these are some other .ics file, they're probably email attachments > > > containing meeting invites. > > > > > > If you can find the files, you could try looking at them. They're plain > > > text files containing the event information, so you could open it in a > > > text editor to see where the string you're looking for appears. > > > > > > > I was looking for "DSC00144" (part of the name of a JPEG image), and I > > > > got 9 hits that were iCal files. > > > > > > I don't get any matches. > > > > (Note that these only show up when searching file contents, not names) > > > > They have names like ""First Day"; "Last Weekday"; "2nd and 4th > > Thursday"; with iCal icons and with no extension. They are kind: "iCal > > file". When one is highlighted, the path display at the bottom of the > > window remains blank. > > > > Putting the name of one of them, say "Last Weekday", in the search > > cartouche and searching on names will cause it to show up in the > > results, but again, highlighting it provides no path info. > > > > So, I don't know how to find them. > > Weird. What happens if you select one of them from the spotlight > results? Double-clicking on one causes iCal to gain focus (it's always running), and a dialog pops up: "Adding new events". I did not continue, because I didn't want to mess with iCal. Isaac
From: Barry Margolin on 28 Dec 2009 00:47
In article <isw-610384.21540826122009@[216.168.3.50]>, isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > In article <barmar-3220C7.23200926122009(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Barry Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote: > > > In article <isw-65ADE8.10431626122009@[216.168.3.50]>, > > isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > > > > > In article <barmar-4C6494.16421024122009(a)nothing.attdns.com>, > > > Barry Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote: > > > > > > > In article <isw-DDD856.12005024122009@[216.168.3.50]>, > > > > isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Why is it that when I do a Spotlight search on "Contents", no matter > > > > > what the search phrase is (even random characters), there's always a > > > > > bunch of iCal files in the result? None of them contains anything of > > > > > significance concerning what I am searching for. Plus, if you click > > > > > on > > > > > them, no path info is displayed, so you can't even find out where > > > > > they > > > > > are. > > > > > > > > Are they named corestorage.ics? The corestorage.ics files live in > > > > ~/Library/Application > > > > Support/iCal/Sources/<random-looking-string>.calendar/. There's a > > > > .calendar folder for each calendar in iCal, and the corestorage.ics > > > > file > > > > in it contains all the calendar entries. > > > > > > > > If these are some other .ics file, they're probably email attachments > > > > containing meeting invites. > > > > > > > > If you can find the files, you could try looking at them. They're > > > > plain > > > > text files containing the event information, so you could open it in a > > > > text editor to see where the string you're looking for appears. > > > > > > > > > I was looking for "DSC00144" (part of the name of a JPEG image), and > > > > > I > > > > > got 9 hits that were iCal files. > > > > > > > > I don't get any matches. > > > > > > (Note that these only show up when searching file contents, not names) > > > > > > They have names like ""First Day"; "Last Weekday"; "2nd and 4th > > > Thursday"; with iCal icons and with no extension. They are kind: "iCal > > > file". When one is highlighted, the path display at the bottom of the > > > window remains blank. > > > > > > Putting the name of one of them, say "Last Weekday", in the search > > > cartouche and searching on names will cause it to show up in the > > > results, but again, highlighting it provides no path info. > > > > > > So, I don't know how to find them. > > > > Weird. What happens if you select one of them from the spotlight > > results? > > Double-clicking on one causes iCal to gain focus (it's always running), > and a dialog pops up: "Adding new events". I did not continue, because I > didn't want to mess with iCal. From the names and actions, it sounds like these are some kind of script or template for creating custom monthly events. But I don't see anything in iCal that allows you to create such templates. Do you have any events that repeat on those schedules? Maybe custom repeat schedules get save somewhere that Spotlight indexes. I just created an event on the 4th Wednesday of the month, but searching for "4th Wednesday" in Spotlight didn't show anything. -- Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** |