Comments on: Getting the most out of Leopard’s Spotlight menu http://hrmpf.com/wordpress/165/getting-the-most-out-of-leopards-spotlight-menu this, that and the other Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:59:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Craig Bagley http://hrmpf.com/wordpress/165/getting-the-most-out-of-leopards-spotlight-menu/comment-page-1#comment-81548 Craig Bagley Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:04:26 +0000 http://hrmpf.com/wordpress/165/getting-the-most-out-of-leopards-spotlight-menu#comment-81548 Thanks, hrmpf. Thanks, hrmpf.

]]> By: hrmpf http://hrmpf.com/wordpress/165/getting-the-most-out-of-leopards-spotlight-menu/comment-page-1#comment-81204 hrmpf Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:16:21 +0000 http://hrmpf.com/wordpress/165/getting-the-most-out-of-leopards-spotlight-menu#comment-81204 Hey Craig, thanks for the interest- 1. if you put: date:"this month" it should work, though testing it for "this week" seems to just return files since the last Sunday... :this week: I suppose, though I would have thought in the last seven days would be more intuitive 2. it searches for kMDItemLastUsedDate (which is the date last opened) or the due date for calendar events Hey Craig,
thanks for the interest-
1. if you put:
date:”this month”
it should work, though testing it for “this week” seems to just return files since the last Sunday… :this week: I suppose, though I would have thought in the last seven days would be more intuitive

2. it searches for kMDItemLastUsedDate (which is the date last opened) or the due date for calendar events

]]> By: Craig Bagley http://hrmpf.com/wordpress/165/getting-the-most-out-of-leopards-spotlight-menu/comment-page-1#comment-80536 Craig Bagley Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:58:32 +0000 http://hrmpf.com/wordpress/165/getting-the-most-out-of-leopards-spotlight-menu#comment-80536 Ref: date formats, more specifically, "this week", "this month", "this year": 1: How are these entered? The two word format seems to violate the rule of one word before the colon. I note that if I put the words in parentheses, I get search results. Otherwise, stringing the words together as one word, or omitting parentheses, produces no results. But that leads to the second question: 2: Which "date" in a file's metadata responds to the search request: Date created? Date modified? Last date opened? Any or all of the above? I can't seem to establish a pattern by experimentation. Ref: date formats, more specifically, “this week”, “this month”, “this year”:

1: How are these entered? The two word format seems to violate the rule of one word before the colon. I note that if I put the words in parentheses, I get search results. Otherwise, stringing the words together as one word, or omitting parentheses, produces no results. But that leads to the second question:

2: Which “date” in a file’s metadata responds to the search request: Date created? Date modified? Last date opened? Any or all of the above? I can’t seem to establish a pattern by experimentation.

]]> By: GanjaManja http://hrmpf.com/wordpress/165/getting-the-most-out-of-leopards-spotlight-menu/comment-page-1#comment-65312 GanjaManja Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:07:51 +0000 http://hrmpf.com/wordpress/165/getting-the-most-out-of-leopards-spotlight-menu#comment-65312 Also, when searching is Spotlight, Option-click: opens "Show All" window typing a calculation sine(10)*5 will show the result under "caluclator"!!! I agree, the new spotlight is amazing. Taken MANY queue from Quicksilver, since they try to do similar things anyway. Also, when searching is Spotlight,
Option-click: opens “Show All” window
typing a calculation
sine(10)*5
will show the result under “caluclator”!!!

I agree, the new spotlight is amazing. Taken MANY queue from Quicksilver, since they try to do similar things anyway.

]]> By: Jamie http://hrmpf.com/wordpress/165/getting-the-most-out-of-leopards-spotlight-menu/comment-page-1#comment-55530 Jamie Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:33:29 +0000 http://hrmpf.com/wordpress/165/getting-the-most-out-of-leopards-spotlight-menu#comment-55530 thanks for this, much appreciated. I wonder where we can get a hold of ALL possible search attributes? I would love to see such a list thanks for this, much appreciated.

I wonder where we can get a hold of ALL possible search attributes? I would love to see such a list

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