[ANN] Smart Folder Targeteer (for Leopard)
[ANN] Smart Folder Targeteer (for Leopard)
- Subject: [ANN] Smart Folder Targeteer (for Leopard)
- From: Laine Lee <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:58:01 -0600
- Thread-topic: [ANN] Smart Folder Targeteer (for Leopard)
Announcing Smart Folder Targeteer for Leopard
By default in Leopard, if you want to limit the scope of a Smart Folder's
Spotlight search... hmm, well, there you go - I've already started saying it
backwards.
If I want to search a specific location or group of locations using
Spotlight in Leopard, the only way I've found to do it is to select a
location such as a folder or disk in a Finder window's sidebar, then, if
both the search field and the "Action" toolbar widget are present in the
toolbar (they are by default - see "customizing toolbars" in Mac Help), type
something into the search field, then select "Show Search Criteria" from the
Action menu, then add or change search criteria.
In Tiger, I could first define search criteria, then use menu items at the
top of the Smart Folder window to select targets for the search. Smart
Folder Targeteer was designed to allow me to again create a Smart Folder
using that working order (criteria first, then search scope), as well as to
allow me to add multiple target hierarchies to the search, which I haven't
yet found another way to do in Leopard.
The downloadable disk image includes 3 scripts, all of which rely heavily on
System Events' new ability (it is new, isn't it?) to modify property list
(".plist") files.
Would some of you please help me try this out before it's too late? And if
there are other ways to do what Smart Folder Targeteer does using the
Finder's provided interface, please tell me.
Thanks.
http://lonestar.utsa.edu/llee/applescript/smart_folder_targeteer.html
Laine Lee
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