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I'm looking for a program that will catalog hundreds of text files (incl docs, pdfs, etc) on my HD, so that I can quickly search for specific words/text.
Most programs allow for file name searches, but I need text searching.
PC users have several options, but I know of no Mac apps that will help me to organize my docs...
Any ideas??
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Posted 16 July 2003 - 08:21 AM
It's built into the OS. Though it might not be as good as some 3rd party solution.
OS 9 Find by Content indexing
OS X Content Indexing (under Get Info for folders/disks)
When Mac OS says "Content," that means the text inside, not just the filenames. If the text is not encoded somehow.
OS 9 Find by Content indexing
OS X Content Indexing (under Get Info for folders/disks)
When Mac OS says "Content," that means the text inside, not just the filenames. If the text is not encoded somehow.
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Posted 17 July 2003 - 07:09 PM
Thanks for the suggestion. While Sherlock no longer has an indexing function, Finder in 10.2 does (find by content). The problem is that, after indexing my HD, Finder was unable to pick out 3 documents that contained the word that I searched for. I didn't make it easy, but I expect decent performance.
So there MUST be some app that will catalog/index all the text on your drive and allow for a text content search. I just can't find it... /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
So there MUST be some app that will catalog/index all the text on your drive and allow for a text content search. I just can't find it... /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
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Posted 17 July 2003 - 08:22 PM
Well, it doesn't read PDF files, but BBEdit does a damn fine job with plain text, .rtf and even .doc files (although you'll have to sift through Word's formatting junk). You can also still get the free version, BBEdit Lite, here (look for the BBEdit Lite link at the bottom of the page). The same company also offers TextWrangler, which replaced BBEdit Lite a while back. Like I said, these don't handle PDFs, but if you want to search and manipulate plain text, they'll treat you right.
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Posted 18 July 2003 - 09:19 AM
Someone elsewhere mentioned a product called DEVONthink
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I had it index (quickly) a BIG folder, then searched for a single word from the bibliography in a pdf (out of 200 pdfs). It located it in nanoseconds (I have a good stopwatch). I repeated the experiment with doc and rtf files. Unbelievable.
I haven't been this excited about an app since Prince of Persia (the system 6.0.8 version)
devonthink
I had it index (quickly) a BIG folder, then searched for a single word from the bibliography in a pdf (out of 200 pdfs). It located it in nanoseconds (I have a good stopwatch). I repeated the experiment with doc and rtf files. Unbelievable.
I haven't been this excited about an app since Prince of Persia (the system 6.0.8 version)
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