Spotlight’s search window provides ‘AsYouTypeTopHit’ ranked search, including a measure of recency, 3 opaque scores, related search, and hits across multiple search domains. Here’s how it does that.
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From the outset, Spotlight has included websites and other items in ranked search, and local files listed exhaustively using filters. As we work with ever more data, ranking is becoming more important in our search methods.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Its actions […]
How many sections in System Settings do you need to set your Mac’s primary language? If you use language-specific Accessibility features, where are they? And where to find Apple’s list of supported languages for the many features in macOS?
How long has it been since XProtect or XProtect Remediator were last updated? Could Apple be changing XProtect to use Apple silicon Macs better? Is there a better defence coming against ClickFix attacks?
Spotlight’s search window is incremental and ranks search results across many domains. How this works in practice, and why it may not be ideal when searching for files.
Two apps using Core Spotlight, compared with respect to indexing of new entries, and searching. Quick tests to tell whether an app uses Core Spotlight, and what that brings.
Do you fancy trying the public beta of Golden Gate when it’s released in the next couple of weeks? This provides practical advice that could save you serious problems in doing so.
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 367. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Launched in […]
New version exports log statistics in CSV format for further analysis by Numbers, Excel and others. Here’s a demonstration of what can be done, including a comparison with ‘War and Peace’.
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