| Re: Newbie seeking advice on replacing Spotlight [message #559 is a reply to message #557] |
Sun, 09 July 2017 10:51   |
FoxTrot Engineering
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SpivR wrote:
> 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.
If you don't use FoxTrot simultaneously on those 3 Macs, you can use FoxTrot Personal (or FoxTrot Pro single-user), and create an index on each Mac. The index can include files from shared folders. You will be able to find remote files even when the shared folder is not connected, but in this case you will only see a text preview of the found file.
You can also use FoxTrot Pro with a 5-user license, and instead of indexing locally files from a shared folder, connect to a shared index from the other Macs.
> 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?
FoxTrot is not really designed for precise filename searching (but more for precise content searching). You can search for filenames containing the word [ai], but not specifically for the filename extension. You can however use categorization (in the left pane) to focus on files with a given type.
With FoxTrot Pro, you can refine a search using regular expressions, but using this for searching filename extension is kind of a hack. You have to perform a two criteria search like this:
[filename] [includes all of the words] [ai]
[filename] [matches the regular expression] [\.ai$]
Jérôme - CTM Engineering
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"FABULOUS PRODUCT ! Wonderful ! A real Spotlight Killer !
I'm now able to locate content in documents that I KNEW was there but
Spotlight couldn't find. FoxTrot Personal Search is far more efficient
and displays a preview of the file when you hiighlight it."
Janie Angus, Nevada
Download a demo version from www.foxtrot.ch
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Jérôme - FoxTrot Engineering
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