Need to find a specific word, phrase or text passage and not sure in which document to look for it? Combine HoudahSpot‘s regular search with its “Search in Text Preview” feature! Continue reading Search in Text Preview
Tag: macOS
Search Across Multiple Folders in Tembo
In Tembo, you can select which folder or volume to search by clicking its name in the main sidebar. Continue reading Search Across Multiple Folders in Tembo
Our Favorite HoudahSpot Tips & Tricks
HoudahSpot‘s core feature is to give quick access to the files you need. But there are many paths that lead to the same goal. And there are many more tasks you can get done using HoudahSpot than just finding files.
Discover new or more efficient ways to let this Mac search tool work for you – here are some of our favorite tips and tricks for HoudahSpot 4. Continue reading Our Favorite HoudahSpot Tips & Tricks
Select App to Launch When Connecting a Camera
Connecting a camera, a memory card, or your iPhone to your Mac usually triggers the launch of a photography related application like iPhoto, Apple Photos, Aperture, or Lightroom.
If you want to change this behavior, do the following: Continue reading Select App to Launch When Connecting a Camera
Find Images With No GPS Coordinates
In a previous post, we searched for files with no Spotlight comment or tags. Today, we are looking for photos with no GPS latitude or longitude information.
The technique we used last time works for any metadata attribute containing text. For example: subject, author, album, etc. It does not work for number or date values. HoudahSpot won’t let us use the “*” wildcard character in the criteria editor. It expects us to enter a number or a date.
Since latitude and longitude are both numbers, we need to use a slightly different technique. We will make us of some of the more advanced features of the HoudahSpot search field. This is located in the toolbar of the search window.
Change Default Application for File Type
Within HoudahSpot and Tembo, you can open files directly from the search results list. Just double click or select “Open” from the context menu, and the file selected will open in the default application for its file type.
In OS X, you can change the default application for a certain file type by following these steps: Continue reading Change Default Application for File Type
Create Lists of Files. Export Metadata to CSV
Use HoudahSpot to create lists of files. For example, you could create a list of …
- Photos shot this year. List file name, resolution & path
- Video files larger than 100 MB. List duration, codec & file size
- Audio files located outside your iTunes media folder
- Old files. List date created and date last modified
- …
HoudahSpot can save search results to CSV files. These files can, for example, be imported in Apple Numbers, Microsoft Excel spreadsheets etc. Note that HoudahSpot uses the tab character as separtor beween columns.
Continue reading Create Lists of Files. Export Metadata to CSV
Increase or Decrease Font Sizes in HoudahSpot
When searching for files, you sometimes want to zoom in (= increase font size) to see the details. In other cases, you want to zoom out (= decrease font size) to get the big picture.
HoudahSpot allows you to adjust the font sizes of
- the Results pane (in list view mode)
- the Text Preview in either the Details pane or in a separate window (Window > Text Preview).
Continue reading Increase or Decrease Font Sizes in HoudahSpot
See the Total Size of a Folder
The HoudahSpot File Info window shows information about the currently selected search result. For folders, this includes the total size of all items contained within.
It is quite easy to use HoudahSpot to inspect other files or folders. Simply drag a file or a folder from Finder, from HoudahSpot, or any other application onto the File Info window.
You can use this technique to see the total size of a parent folder of a file you have found using HoudahSpot. Continue reading See the Total Size of a Folder
Keeping Geotags When Dragging Images From Apple Photos
If you’re dragging geotagged images from Apple’s Photos application, there’s a setting you need to enable if you wish to share your photos’ locations. Otherwise, your pictures’ geoinformation will be stripped from the files. Continue reading Keeping Geotags When Dragging Images From Apple Photos