Spotlaser changes the way you search for files you know are there, but don't know where, by answering four simple questions: What... Where... When... Who...
What's New
Version 1.3.3:
- New: Spotlaser is now a Snow Leopard compatible 32/64bit Universal Binary.
- New: Czech localisation by Czech X Team - František Erben.
- Fixed: Incorrect version number being reported to the OS. Thanks S. Carson!
- Fixed: Who... field inoperative when making a selection from the pop-up button.
- Fixed: What... File size pop-up button inoperative in Japanese version. Thanks Tiger!
- Fixed: Issues when hiding the Spotlaser window
- Fixed: Reset Spotlaser button now displays correctly
- Fixed: When System Preferences > Appearance > Appearance set to graphite, Spotlaser window no longer flashes with Blue appearance before changing to Graphite.
- Modified: Several deprecated methods in the Spotlaser code.
- Modified: Spotlaser is now compiled with Clang LLVM.
Version 1.3.3:
- New: Spotlaser is now a Snow Leopard compatible 32/64bit Universal Binary.
- New: Czech localisation by Czech X Team - František Erben.
- Fixed: Incorrect version number being reported to the OS. Thanks S. Carson!
- Fixed: Who... field inoperative when making a selection from the pop-up button.
- Fixed: What... File size pop-up button inoperative in Japanese version. more...
Requirements
Intel/PPC, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
Intel/PPC, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
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| Downloads:6,941 |
| Version Downloads:2,570 |
| Type:Utilities : File Management |
| License:Shareware |
| Date:20 Sep 2009 |
| Platform:PPC 64 / PPC 32 / Intel 64 / Intel 32 / OS X |
| Price: $20.00 |
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Spotlaser changes the way you search for files you know are there, but don't know where, by answering four simple questions: What... Where... When... Who...
Download Spotlaser 1.3.4 Tiger Edition:
http://frovil.com/files/Spotlaser1.3.4.dmg
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Complete waste of time.
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Szabesz reviewed on 07 Mar 2007
Now enter Spotlaser! It has only one interface, but this one is superior to Apple's one. Spotlaser does not treat me like an idiot, whereas Apple's interfaces do so.
You CAN search with Spotlaser...
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capitalj reviewed on 18 Jun 2006
This is a nice app by a responsive developer. GUI is incredible. 1.3 is a great improvement over previous versions.
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I think Version 1.1 of Spotlaser presents too much information and is a bit klunky (can't press return to start you search, for example), but the functionality is there. Version 1.1 does work (version 1.0 did not). Note that you have to click the big logo at the bottom to start your search and you can't press return - you really have to click the bottom icon. Hopefully the author will add support for pressing return to start the search and change the funky logo button to a normal Mac OS X button.
I have on and off been working on a similar, but much more limited tool to do wildcard name searches only. Both mine and Spotlaser support wildcards. So if you search for "Test*.pdl" it will match "Testing 1 2 3.pdl". Pretty cool, and very useful. Spotlaser and mine work by creating a custom Finder smart folder and the opening it. By creating a smart folder this we you can tap into much more capability than the Finder currently provides an interface for. For example, the wildcard searching. With some simplification and refinement, Spotlaser will be a great tool.
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mark.anderson reviewed on 01 Dec 2005
Perhaps is better to work in factory, or...
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However, it doesn't work. I don't get any results from a search, not as I am typing nor after hitting return. As the other reviews state, the window needs to be movable, or act like Spotlight's window. We also need prefs to set a keystroke command to invoke Spotlaser.
Looking forward to using this app, it looks like it could be pretty handy.
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