Comments on: A Portion of This Mac that Apple has Declared Searchable http://nslog.com/2007/11/25/a_portion_of_this_mac_that_apple_has_declared_searchable The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:44:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: New mac http://nslog.com/2007/11/25/a_portion_of_this_mac_that_apple_has_declared_searchable#comment-45065 New mac Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:23:57 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/11/25/a_portion_of_this_mac_that_apple_has_declared_searchable#comment-45065 "This mac" should mean "This mac". I'm new to macs, so I believed it. 15 minutes later, I found this blog. Thanks. "This mac" should mean "This mac". I'm new to macs, so I believed it. 15 minutes later, I found this blog. Thanks.

]]> By: sjk http://nslog.com/2007/11/25/a_portion_of_this_mac_that_apple_has_declared_searchable#comment-44706 sjk Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:31:19 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/11/25/a_portion_of_this_mac_that_apple_has_declared_searchable#comment-44706 If you're going to use locate I'd recommend upgrading to slocate: % port info slocate slocate 3.1, Revision 1, sysutils/slocate (Variants: universal) http://slocate.trakker.ca/ Secure locate provides a secure way to index and quickly search for files on your system. It uses incremental encoding just like GNU locate to compress its database to make searching faster, but it will also check file permissions and ownership so that users will not see files they do not have access to. The big advantage is that slocate will find files in your ~, even if you made it unreadable by nobody (who traditionally performs the locate database update), without letting another user find files there. Platforms: darwin Maintainers: pguyot@kallisys.net If you're going to use locate I'd recommend upgrading to slocate:

% port info slocate
slocate 3.1, Revision 1, sysutils/slocate (Variants: universal)
http://slocate.trakker.ca/

Secure locate provides a secure way to index and quickly search for files on your system. It uses incremental encoding just like GNU locate to compress its database to make searching faster, but it will also check file permissions and ownership so that users will not see files they do not have access to. The big advantage is that slocate will find files in your ~, even if you made it unreadable by nobody (who traditionally performs the locate database update), without letting another user find files there.

Platforms: darwin
Maintainers: pguyot@kallisys.net

]]> By: Fred Blasdel http://nslog.com/2007/11/25/a_portion_of_this_mac_that_apple_has_declared_searchable#comment-44582 Fred Blasdel Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:35:25 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/11/25/a_portion_of_this_mac_that_apple_has_declared_searchable#comment-44582 In the late developer seeds <strong>this feature was exposed!</strong> — right next to "This Mac" was a checkbox to include system files. It was removed in one of the last builds. In the late developer seeds this feature was exposed! — right next to "This Mac" was a checkbox to include system files. It was removed in one of the last builds.

]]> By: Brian http://nslog.com/2007/11/25/a_portion_of_this_mac_that_apple_has_declared_searchable#comment-44579 Brian Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:39:04 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/11/25/a_portion_of_this_mac_that_apple_has_declared_searchable#comment-44579 I'm glad that the option is there, but I agree this should be a lot easier for people who WANT to poke around in their system files. Perhaps a distinction between cmd-f and cmd-opt-space? I'm glad that the option is there, but I agree this should be a lot easier for people who WANT to poke around in their system files. Perhaps a distinction between cmd-f and cmd-opt-space?

]]> By: Erik J. Barzeski http://nslog.com/2007/11/25/a_portion_of_this_mac_that_apple_has_declared_searchable#comment-44578 Erik J. Barzeski Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:13:35 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/11/25/a_portion_of_this_mac_that_apple_has_declared_searchable#comment-44578 [quote comment="44577"]The option you are searching for is right there in Leopard.[/quote] Yes, but it would be nice to define what "This Mac" meant once and not <em>each and every time</em> you search. The "System files" rule even oddly defaults to "don't include." This workaround adds five clicks to every search you want to do that includes "System files." :-( If "System Files" was a checkbox in the Spotlight System Prefs, this "System files" option in individual search windows would still be useful as a temporary override (or a permanent one for saved searches). As it stands now, however, a user who wants to search their System Files frequently must click five more times <em>per search</em> just to add this option back in - an option that already existed in 10.4… Salvatore Insalaco said on November 25, 2007:

The option you are searching for is right there in Leopard.

Yes, but it would be nice to define what "This Mac" meant once and not each and every time you search. The "System files" rule even oddly defaults to "don't include." This workaround adds five clicks to every search you want to do that includes "System files." :-(

If "System Files" was a checkbox in the Spotlight System Prefs, this "System files" option in individual search windows would still be useful as a temporary override (or a permanent one for saved searches). As it stands now, however, a user who wants to search their System Files frequently must click five more times per search just to add this option back in - an option that already existed in 10.4…

]]> By: Salvatore Insalaco http://nslog.com/2007/11/25/a_portion_of_this_mac_that_apple_has_declared_searchable#comment-44577 Salvatore Insalaco Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:49:33 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/11/25/a_portion_of_this_mac_that_apple_has_declared_searchable#comment-44577 The option you are searching for is right there in Leopard :smile: . Press "+" to add a new search criteria, then choose "Other...". Select "System files" and press the checkbox to have it on the next search. Select "include", and com.apple.loginitems.plist will appear. The option you are searching for is right there in Leopard :smile: .

Press "+" to add a new search criteria, then choose "Other...". Select "System files" and press the checkbox to have it on the next search. Select "include", and com.apple.loginitems.plist will appear.

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