The sixth part of my series "Tiny macOS utility apps I love" is out. This time I wrote about Supercharge by @sindresorhus, #HoudahSpot, and Hand Mirror by @rafa.

Read the whole post down below, and make sure to also check out the previous parts to discover lovely tiny macOS apps.

https://creativerly.com/tiny-macos-utility-apps-part-6/

Tiny macOS utility apps I love – Part 6

The sixth part of Tiny macOS utility apps I love focuses on apps to enhancing your macOS experience, helping you finding files fast, and quickly checking your camera before your next call.

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@lexknowssystems @randomgeek Using #BeMail and tagging MP3s right in the desktop Tracker because of BFS’ (now #BeFS) extended attributes was the shit. I wish #Apple would enable the same thing with #macOS' #Finder in addition to #Spotlight.

(#HoudahSpot is sometimes a good alternative for files but no longer works for Mail as Apple deprecated Mail Plug-Ins with #Monterey in 2021 and killed them in 2023's #Sonoma in favor of Mail App Extensions: https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/06/14/rip-apple-mail-plug-ins/)

Michael Tsai - Blog - RIP Apple Mail Plug-ins

@danderson ::shrug:: I use a #Mac because it has, well, Spotlight among other things that are plenty smart on-device (and can be explicitly limited to never search or send data elsewhere: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/turn-off-siri-suggestions-for-spotlight-mchl62db64f5)

And utilities like the built-in mdfind terminal command (https://ss64.com/osx/mdfind.html) and the commercial GUI #HoudahSpot (https://www.houdah.com/houdahSpot) use the same search index

/cc @randomgeek

Turn off Siri Suggestions for Spotlight on Mac

You can turn off Siri Suggestions for Spotlight on your Mac, as well as Location Services for Spotlight.

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@mjtsai Have you used it? I use #HoudahSpot for most advanced searches, but I'm always interested in apps that will make my searches easier and more powerful…

@pkm #pkm community, does anyone have experience with #setapp? I have never taken a look at it because I try to keep my applications weeded out, using the less is more philosophy.

With that said, seeing that #ulysses is included and that is $39 / year on its own subscription, I started looking at the other apps that I already use - currently #busycal #busycontacts #goodtask #houdahspot #netspot and #Hookmark

So where is the break even point in consolidating?

Könnt Ihr das bestätigen?
#macOS 10.15 #Catalina verbietet Drittanwendungen die Suche im Mail.app Spotlight-Index.
#HoudahSpot und #Tembo werden daher keine Apple Mail Nachrichten mehr finden können.

https://blog.houdah.com/2019/07/is-houdahspot-optimized-for-upcoming-versions-of-macos/

Is HoudahSpot Optimized for Upcoming Versions of macOS?

Yes! HoudahSpot is “optimized” for future versions of macOS. HoudahSpot is a 64-bit application. The warning shows when it connects to older applications.

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HoudahSpot 5.0 : un moteur de recherche encore plus puissant pour le Mac

Depuis 2005, HoudahSpot se fait fort d’améliorer la recherche du Mac en se basant sur l’index de Spotlight. L’utilitaire bénéficie aujourd’hui d’une mise à jour majeure apportant de nombreuses nouveautés.