Spotlight is buggy?
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From: Fred Moore on 29 Dec 2009 11:44 In article <siegman-DE4988.09005528122009(a)news.stanford.edu>, AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote: > [an accurate list of the many and varied aggravations and shortcomings of Spotlight] And the answer is : EasyFind (a GUI frontend for UNIX find) What's most important to me is that whatever find function I use will actually find items which are THERE (wherever I search). Spotlight, for whatever several reasons, often misses items which do exist and the search criteria specify. I'll gladly trade instantaneous for accurate.
From: Nick Naym on 29 Dec 2009 21:40 In article fmoore-BAA269.11441829122009(a)news.eternal-september.org, Fred Moore at fmoore(a)gcfn.org wrote on 12/29/09 11:44 AM: > In article <siegman-DE4988.09005528122009(a)news.stanford.edu>, > AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote: > >> [an accurate list of the many and varied aggravations and shortcomings of >> Spotlight] > > And the answer is : EasyFind (a GUI frontend for UNIX find) > > What's most important to me is that whatever find function I use will > actually find items which are THERE (wherever I search). Spotlight, for > whatever several reasons, often misses items which do exist and the > search criteria specify. I'll gladly trade instantaneous for accurate. I stopped using EasyFind a while ago because it simply was too slow, and was killing overall system performance. For the majority of the time, Find Any File does a great job -- reminiscent of Sherlock, actually. -- iMac (24", 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 320 GB HDD) � OS X (10.5.8)
From: Barry Margolin on 31 Dec 2009 00:15
In article <siegman-88CFDB.07494929122009(a)news.stanford.edu>, AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote: > In article <barmar-A78EF9.20241528122009(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Barry Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote: > > > In article <siegman-DE4988.09005528122009(a)news.stanford.edu>, > > AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote: > > > > > * It doesn't give you access to its preferences when you just open it. > > > You have to start a search ***and the search has to have delivered > > > some results*** before the Preferences line appears at the bottom. > > > > > > * And that Preferences line is not present in the more detailed "Show > > > All Results" window. > > > > So? Is it so hard to use System Preferences? > > As I imagine you well know, nearly every well-done Mac app, when open > and in use, provides direct access to its own preferences, at all times, > via a menu item in its own whatever-its-called left-most menu, next to > the Apple menu. I don't think of Spotlight as a standalone app. It gives the appearance of being just a part of the system. It doesn't really have a menu, you click on the icon in the menu bar and type the search word. -- 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 *** |