Comments on: Mac wish: I want Spotlight to search ALL my stuff, everywhere http://www.contentious.com/2006/05/13/mac-wish-i-want-spotlight-to-search-all-my-stuff-everywhere/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:01:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: W. Ian Blanton http://www.contentious.com/2006/05/13/mac-wish-i-want-spotlight-to-search-all-my-stuff-everywhere/#comment-224338 W. Ian Blanton Mon, 29 May 2006 05:26:52 +0000 #comment-224338 Try Google Importer - http://www.caffeinatedcocoa.com/ It lets you include results from Google as part of your spotlight searches. It seems to work pretty well, so far. Try Google Importer - http://www.caffeinatedcocoa.com/ It lets you include results from Google as part of your spotlight searches. It seems to work pretty well, so far.

]]> By: Clair Ching http://www.contentious.com/2006/05/13/mac-wish-i-want-spotlight-to-search-all-my-stuff-everywhere/#comment-134938 Clair Ching Fri, 19 May 2006 05:43:06 +0000 #comment-134938 This might be a bit off-topic but have you checked out the Scrapbook extension for Firefox? I have recently seen that and I have been using it to 'capture' pages that I keep as reading materials :) It keeps the pages in 'folders' you define. Pretty handy. This might be a bit off-topic but have you checked out the Scrapbook extension for Firefox? I have recently seen that and I have been using it to ‘capture’ pages that I keep as reading materials :) It keeps the pages in ‘folders’ you define. Pretty handy.

]]> By: Douglas Cootey http://www.contentious.com/2006/05/13/mac-wish-i-want-spotlight-to-search-all-my-stuff-everywhere/#comment-126236 Douglas Cootey Wed, 17 May 2006 17:10:15 +0000 #comment-126236 Thanks for the tip on delimport. I was able to get it to work. What's confusing is that double clicking delimport.app doesn't visually do anything - not even an icon bob - but my del.icio.us bookmarks now show up in spotlight searches. Perhaps it was working and you didn't realize it? Without a specific plugin to mount a website as a local drive, spotlight won't be able to do what you are asking. Also, spotlight wouldn't serve results for that website if it was no longer mounted as a local drive. What we would need in this case is for a way to tell Spotlight to index a specific website and save links to the files, much the same way delimport adds your del.icio.us bookmarks to your index. It's really a great idea. I hope Apple implements it. I did find <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/29038">searchlight</a>, which allows you to search for and access your files off your home computer from work, but that's not really the same thing. ~Douglas -=- <a href="http://thesplinteredmind.blogspot.com">The Splintered Mind</a> - Overcoming Neurological Disabilities With Lots Of Humor And Attitude Thanks for the tip on delimport. I was able to get it to work. What’s confusing is that double clicking delimport.app doesn’t visually do anything - not even an icon bob - but my del.icio.us bookmarks now show up in spotlight searches. Perhaps it was working and you didn’t realize it?

Without a specific plugin to mount a website as a local drive, spotlight won’t be able to do what you are asking. Also, spotlight wouldn’t serve results for that website if it was no longer mounted as a local drive. What we would need in this case is for a way to tell Spotlight to index a specific website and save links to the files, much the same way delimport adds your del.icio.us bookmarks to your index. It’s really a great idea. I hope Apple implements it.

I did find searchlight, which allows you to search for and access your files off your home computer from work, but that’s not really the same thing.

~Douglas
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The Splintered Mind - Overcoming Neurological Disabilities With Lots Of Humor And Attitude

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