page123 2008-01-09T23:17:35.562+01:00 How_is_HoudahSpot_different_fro 2008-01-09T23:17:35.562+01:00 HoudahSpot builds upon the powerful Spotlight engine. It aims to provide a front-end that is both more convenient and more potent than Apple's offerings. Why_does_HoudahSpot_list_that_m 2008-01-09T23:16:09.927+01:00 Spotlight seems to consider a folder as modified if any of its contents is modified. HoudahSpot thus list both the modified file and its parent folder. You might want to exclude folders from your query. Use a "Kind" criteria embedded in a "NONE" group to do so. Why_does_HoudahSpot_keep_showin 2008-01-09T23:15:47.718+01:00 HoudahSpot shows a spinning progress indicator while searching for files. Once it is done the query stays "live": the list of results is updated as files are created, modified or deleted by other programs. You may stop this and return to the query form by hitting the red "Stop" button. Why_does_HoudahSpot_not_see_the 2008-01-09T23:15:29.913+01:00 Spotlight relies on importer plug-ins to index content and file metadata. Such importers are provided either by Apple or by the respective application authors. If you can't find a file by contents, you may lack the appropriate importer. Why_does_HoudahSpot_not_find_my 2008-01-09T23:15:15.423+01:00 HoudahSpot builds upon the powerful Spotlight engine. It can only find those files Spotlight knows about. Apple chose to exclude some select types of files and locations from the Spotlight index. By setting your privacy preferences you may have excluded some more.<br /><br />You may force Spotlight to index otherwise excluded locations by issuing the following at the command line:<br /><code>mdimport /path/to/the/location</code> How_can_I_hide_HoudahSpot_from_ 2008-01-09T23:14:58.839+01:00 You may want to keep HoudahSpot running in the background and yet hide it from the Dock and the application switcher.<br /><br />In order to disable the Dock icon, you may proceed as follows:<br /><br />1. In the Finder, right-click the HoudahSpot icon<br />2. Choose "Show Package Contents"<br />3. Open the Info.plist file<br />4. Locate the following lines:<br /><code><br /><span style="font:10px Monaco; "> </span><span style="font:10px Monaco; color:#AA0D91;">&lt;key&gt;</span><span style="font:10px Monaco; ">LSUIElement</span><span style="font:10px Monaco; color:#AA0D91;">&lt;/key&gt;</span><span style="font:10px Monaco; "><br /> </span><span style="font:10px Monaco; color:#AA0D91;">&lt;false/&gt;</span><span style="font:10px Monaco; "><br /></span></code><br />5. Replace with:<br /><code><br /><span style="font:10px Monaco; "> </span><span style="font:10px Monaco; color:#AA0D91;">&lt;key&gt;</span><span style="font:10px Monaco; ">LSUIElement</span><span style="font:10px Monaco; color:#AA0D91;">&lt;/key&gt;</span><span style="font:10px Monaco; "><br /> </span><span style="font:10px Monaco; color:#AA0D91;">&lt;true/&gt;</span><span style="font:10px Monaco; "><br /></span></code><br />6. Relaunch HoudahSpot<br /><br />Please be aware that the HoudahSpot menu bar will no longer be available after removing the Dock icon. It is thus suggested you configure the preferences before disabling the icon. In order to keep access to templates, you may want to enable the global menu item. Troubleshooting 2008-01-06T16:55:45.845+01:00 answer Will_there_be_a_Windows_version 2008-01-06T16:43:29.730+01:00 HoudahSpot is a Mac program at heart. Houdah Software specializes in quality Mac software. Consequently no Windows version is planned.<br /><br />Let this be another good excuse for switching to the Mac. Not that you needed any. What_are_the_requirements 2008-01-06T16:41:57.143+01:00 HoudahSpot requires Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.1 with Spotlight enabled.<br /><br />Tiger users may download <a href="http://www.houdah.com/houdahSpot/index_assets/HoudahSpot%201.5.1.dmg" rel="self">HoudahSpot 1.5.1: Tiger Edition</a>.<br />This legacy version is available as freeware.<br /> Can_you_help_me_get_started 2008-01-06T16:41:33.239+01:00 Sure. There is a quick start guide included with the built-in Help. Specific_Questions 2008-01-06T16:40:58.760+01:00 answer General_Questions 2008-01-06T16:40:40.018+01:00 answer Known_issues 2008-01-06T16:35:59.581+01:00 <h2>Cannot preview audio files</h2><br />QuickLook is a private API which Apple recommends against using in third party applications. Thus no support is available. It so happens, that the audio plug-in is compiled for another memory management technique than what is used in HoudahSpot. Both being incompatible, that very plug-in is not loaded.<br /><br />For now, HoudahSpot users will have to resort to using "Reveal in Finder" and invoke QuickLook from there.<br /><br /><h3>Rebuild Spotlight index</h3><br />If you are seeing odd results in both Spotlight and HoudahSpot, you may have a corrupted Spotlight index. You should rebuild it:<br /><br />1. Open System Preferences<br />2. Go to the Spotlight pane<br />3. Select the Privacy tab<br />4. Click the Add button<br />5. Select your boot drive (typically called "Macintosh HD") an click the Choose button<br />6. Select the boot drive from the list in the Spotlight Privacy pane<br />7. Click the remove button<br />8. Spotlight will re-index the hard drive. This will take some time<br />9. Repeat for other affected drives<br /> Limitations 2008-01-06T16:35:41.712+01:00 HoudahSpot is based on Apple's Spotlight technology. It finds only what Spotlight can find. Apple chose to exclude some select system directories from the Spotlight index. By setting your privacy preferences you may have excluded some more.<br /><br />Spotlight relies on importer plug-ins to index file content and metadata. Such importers are provided either by Apple or by the respective application authors. If you can't find a file by contents, you may lack the appropriate importer. Try searching for the file by name.<br />