| Re: Newbie seeking advice on replacing Spotlight [message #561 is a reply to message #560] |
Sun, 09 July 2017 18:32   |
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Hello,
If you use your FoxTrot applications one at a time and not simultaneously, you can run it on up to three computers of your own. Personal or Pro single-user, same principle.
Kind regards,
Jean-Michel/CTM QA
> On Jul 9, 2017, at 6:11 PM, SpivR wrote:
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> Thanks!
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> 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?)
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> 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.)
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> The Pro edition with a 5-user license would be much too expensive for my level of usage and budget.
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> Thanks!
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> On Saturday, July 8, 2017 at 10:42:29 AM UTC-7, SpivR wrote:
> 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.
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> 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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