Details the contents of files which are built into Spotlight’s index, its reliance on keys, how apps can perform Spotlight searches, and the three bundled tools for users.
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Almost 16 years old, many think it has grown steadily worse. It has faced new challenges such as iCloud, privacy, and APFS backups. Here’s how it works, and how to get the most from it.
Tools for editing metadata which is generally well-preserved, including copyright and keywords. Now native on all Macs.
All about periods of interest, landmarks, filters and search tools – everything you need to discover what went wrong in your Mac’s log.
Supporting 16 different types of metadata, from Authors to Version, you don’t need to know how they are stored, etc.
Details of how to get different news feeds from each part of this blog, and how to find information from its over 5,000 articles.
Updates to two utilities to create and edit metadata in extended attributes, which work better with Spotlight search. Now compatible with Catalina.
Have you ever felt that Spotlight search misses out some files altogether? Here’s hard evidence that it can.
Getting the Find feature right for PDF documents is important. With text find already available, the best solution is distinct from that.
Search is getting worse: only 2 good hits in the first 15. The time has come for independent benchmarks to provide Google and others with consumer-oriented targets.
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