| Re: Newbie seeking advice on replacing Spotlight [message #560 is a reply to message #557] |
Sun, 09 July 2017 18:11   |
SpivR
Messages: 4
Registered: July 2017
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Thanks!
I didn't see the categorization in the left pane, that does just what I
need in this case. (I am using an iMac Retina 5K and the text size is
fairly small - is there a preference setting to use larger size text or to
"zoom" the FoxTrot app window display?)
For Personal Edition, I was assuming I would have to purchase a copy for
each computer once my evaluation is complete. Could you explain how the
licensing working for my situation? Can I have a copy installed on each of
three computers and as long as I am only using one computer at any one
time, that is ok? (Having a separate index on each computer and insuring
that each one gets updated is ok as my overall collection of files doesn't
change too frequently.)
The Pro edition with a 5-user license would be much too expensive for my
level of usage and budget.
Thanks!
On Saturday, July 8, 2017 at 10:42:29 AM UTC-7, SpivR wrote:
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> I'm evaluating the Personal Edition of Foxtrot Search (but open to using
> the Pro version if needed) to replace macOS Spotlight.
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> I've been searching (sorry for the pun) for a fix to one key problem and
> Foxtrot Search seems to be the solution:
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> I have 3 Macs, each one has a unique set of files that I need to use from
> all of them so I use macOS file sharing to expose a folder from each Mac to
> all the others. (One has "programming/development files", one has
> "business/corporate files", and one has "personal/finance" files.)
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> I have never been able to get Spotlight to search network drives having
> fiddled with both AFP and SMB sharing protocols, command line utilities
> (mdutil) and never got it to work so I am grateful to find FoxTrot Search.
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> I had (personal edition) index all the shared volumes, both files and
> contents. (I understand that personal uses a single index).
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> My questions:
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> General - any recommended settings or options I should be using? Not sure
> if I should start digging around or just leave everything set to defaults
> until I encounter a specific need that points me towards changing a setting.
>
> I would like to be able to search for files of a specific type. Right
> now, I want to locate a graphics logo file that I know is created in Adobe
> Illustrator so I would like to search for all file names that end in ".ai"
> What is the best way to do that? Is there a search option to only search
> file types or a way to enter a simplified "*.ai" or do i have to upgrade to
> Pro and use regular expressions?
>
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