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Month: December 2020

Was ist neu in HoudahSpot 6.0?

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Mit macOS 11.0 Big Sur hält ein drastisches neues Aussehen Einzug – eine bedeutende ästhetische Abkehr von früheren macOS-Versionen. HoudahSpot 6.0 passt sich dieser aufgefrischten Mac-Benutzeroberfläche mit einem fein abgestimmten neuen Aussehen, einem neuen Icon und einer neu gestalteten Symbolleiste an.

Zudem kommt mit HoudahSpot 6 Unterstützung für Macs mit Apple-Silicon-Prozessoren.  Das bringt beste Leistung auf der aktuellsten Mac-Hardware.

HoudahSpot 6.0 hat selbstverständlich viel mehr zu bieten als gutes Aussehen. Es enthält eine Fülle von Funktionen und Verbesserungen, die deine Produktivität verbessern werden.

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What’s New in HoudahSpot 6.0?

macOS 11.0 Big Sur has introduced a dramatic new look representing a significant aesthetic departure from previous macOS versions. HoudahSpot 6.0 adopts this refreshed Mac user interface with a fine-tuned new look, a new icon, and a redesigned toolbar. 

Moreover, HoudahSpot 6 adds support for Macs with Apple Silicon processors. It gives you the best performance on the latest Mac hardware.

Of course, HoudahSpot 6.0 has much more to offer than good looks. It comes packed with features and enhancements that will improve your productivity.

HoudahSpot 6 screenshot
HoudahSpot running on macOS Big Sur

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Searching Apple Mail Messages

The good news: HoudahSpot 6.0 can again find Apple Mail message files!

With macOS 10.15 Catalina, Apple moved the indexing of Mail messages files from traditional Spotlight to “Core Spotlight.” The problem with this change is that Core Spotlight does not allow searching by third-party applications like HoudahSpot.

More precisely, applications are only allowed to search data they have submitted themselves. Thus the Mail application can call upon Core Spotlight to find messages. Core Spotlight is of no use to search tools like HoudahSpot. HoudahSpot does not manage or create data and thus never has data to submit to Core Spotlight. Instead, as a HoudahSpot user, you expect to find all kinds of files regardless of which application created the files.

This limitation of Core Spotlight does not only interfere with search tools. Many other utilities, scripts, and productivity tools suffer from the fact that messages, notes, and bookmarks are no longer searchable. Previously, a contact manager like BusyContacts could rely on Spotlight to watch for mail messages and maintain an activity list for each contact.

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