Comments on: Cast a Spotlight on that missing file http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2005/0611/cast-a-spotlight-on-that-missing-file/ Irish Communications Consultant - Be Noticed Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:04:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ed Byrne http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2005/0611/cast-a-spotlight-on-that-missing-file/#comment-28 Ed Byrne Sun, 12 Jun 2005 13:53:51 +0000 http://pkellypr.com/blog/?p=63#comment-28 Or setup F8 to bring it up automatically so you can type your query without using a mouse. You should check out Smart Folders as well - basically a perma-link to particular searches. Or setup F8 to bring it up automatically so you can type your query without using a mouse. You should check out Smart Folders as well - basically a perma-link to particular searches.

]]> By: Stephen Davies http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2005/0611/cast-a-spotlight-on-that-missing-file/#comment-25 Stephen Davies Sat, 11 Jun 2005 19:26:32 +0000 http://pkellypr.com/blog/?p=63#comment-25 If you're a none Mac user (like myself), a good substitute for Spotlight could be the Google Desktop Search. Simply download it and install where it will sit in your system tray. Then you can search for various files including Word, Excel, Power Point, PDFs, Outlook emails, video, images music and others. I've never used Spotlight so I couldn't comment on which one I prefer, but the desktop search is a handy tool, and it's free. (http://desktop.google.com/) P.S Great blog by the way! If you’re a none Mac user (like myself), a good substitute for Spotlight could be the Google Desktop Search. Simply download it and install where it will sit in your system tray. Then you can search for various files including Word, Excel, Power Point, PDFs, Outlook emails, video, images music and others.

I’ve never used Spotlight so I couldn’t comment on which one I prefer, but the desktop search is a handy tool, and it’s free.
(http://desktop.google.com/)

P.S Great blog by the way!

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