SpotlightIndexer

Name: SpotlightIndexer
Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)

0.2.2b

01 April 2007

Your Mac's Spotlight, improved and optimized.

Overview

SpotlightIndexer will allow the user to easily index folders that may not currently be searched by Spotlight.

What's new in SpotlightIndexer

Version 0.2.2b:

Universal Binary
Force import is now the default preference

SpotlightIndexer Screenshots

7 SpotlightIndexer Reviews

This app is great! Now I truly can find any file on my hard drive without frustration! This cool utility lets you break through the limitations Apple has put on it's innovative system-wide search function, so can have full control of your Spotlight searches!

Version 0.1b

Okay, I ran the chron scripts, cleaned user caches, repaired disc permissions, restarted and still get a message the dmg has no usable files. Drat. Running 10.4.9 on a MacBook Pro.

Version 0.2.2b

2 answer(s)

MacUpdate-Lon

02 April 2007

Does the downloaded file have the dreaded .bz2 suffix on it? If so, remove that .bz2 suffix and the .dmg will mount.

Version 0.2.2b

Bobmac

02 April 2007

The file had "dreaded b2Z" suffix - downloading and trying the dmg with no further extension - thanks!

Version 0.2.2b

I've downlooaded this three times and each time get a message saying the file has no mountable disk!

Version 0.2.2b

1 answer(s)

MacUpdate-Lon

02 April 2007

Just checked it, downloaded it and the .dmg mounts, no trouble. Maybe clear your browser cache, quit/relaunch your browser, try again to download/mount the .dmg. Maybe just restart your Mac... or maybe it is time to run your system utils. Who knows...

Version 0.2.2b

Perhaps I don't get the hype, but this seems like a click n drool version of "mdimport -f". Apple has had the functionality there throughout Tiger, not exposing this to the GUI probably keeps the average computer user from doing things that would otherwise cause Spotlight to lag (more than it already does) without advantage (to said user).

Version 0.1.1b

1 answer(s)

Neutralzone

10 May 2006

You forget that "click 'n' drool," as you say, is the entire reason for Mac OS X to exist. If it were not for the GUI, people like me would never use a Mac and you might as well stick to Linux. A utility with a GUI is one I can use. I can also use the command line, but the options are not as well exposed and precise syntax is necessary. In short, more work. For many regular users, if it's not in the GUI, it doesn't exist.

Version 0.2.1b

I'm so happy I find this utility. I was swearing about Spotlight before because it could't find but one tenth of the files I have on my HD, so it was totaly useless for me. After running this, I can find anything. Thanks very much for this.

Version 0.1b

2 answer(s)

Anonymous

02 August 2005

Apple set the limitations there for a purpose!

Version 0.1.1b

Eddie-kelley

02 August 2005

In talking to Apple Developers, I have discovered that they would LIKE to import the developer documentation (which is not imported by Spotlight), but can't find a way for the results to be posted based on relevence rankings. I personally needed searchable access to this documentation, and that is reason enought to import these directories. The biggest reason that Apple doesn't Import information from system directories is the same (and frustrating) reason that they disable searches in the "System" directory in 10.3. Although this (limiting searches) is a great fix for keeping people out of places they don't normally belong, it is crippling for software developers, and those who have to be more in touch with the system. With Spotlight, the only way to get access to the "System" directory for searches is to force an import of the folder contents, while the user could search specific places in 10.3, there is no way to do this (without forcing import) in 10.4.

Version 0.1.1b