Houdah Software has introduced version 3.0 of HoudahSpot, a Spotlight replacement that allows users to perform powerful, complex searches on their filesystems.
The latest release—the application is actually at version 3.0.2 already, thanks to a couple of bug-fix updates—includes a number of enhancements over its predecessor. The flagship feature is file tagging, which allows you to append metadata to files and folders and then perform searches based on it. For example, you could catalogue all your business files by customer for easy retrieval of a client’s entire data set.
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A plug-in for Apple Mail that allows HoudahSpot to include Mail message files in your search results. The Tag Cloud, which lists your favorite file tags as well as all the tags found in the current search results. It also shows the number of occurrences of each tag.
- Houdah Software released a major upgrade of their excellent Spotlight search utility, HoudahSpot 5, last week. Among a ton of useful new features, HoudahSpot now also integrates with Default Folder X, giving you a much more powerful way to search for files and folders in Open and Save dialogs.
- HoudahSpot Alternatives. HoudahSpot is described as 'Advanced File Search Utility for Mac OS X' and is an app in the File Management category. There are more than 25 alternatives to HoudahSpot for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and Invantive Studio.
- Use HoudahSpot for Mac to find important documents, mail messages, photos, image files and more. It shows search results in a convenient and easy-to-use interface that keeps all the important details at your fingertips. The program is a powerful desktop.
- HoudahSpot also lets you specify in which folders to search and how to sort results. There are lots of options to choose from – and settings you don’t want to make over and again. Let’s see how you can set up HoudahSpot so that a new search window matches your preferred way of searching.
In addition, HoudahSpot includes an all-new “tray”—a window that can be anchored to any side of the screen which pops up, Dock-style, when you move the mouse cursor to the edge of your display. The tray can be used to quickly look for particular file types based on one of the application’s search templates, or to examine and tag a given file by simply dragging it into the appropriate inspection slot.
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A full version of HoudahSpot 3.0.2, which requires OS X 10.5 and is fully compatible with Snow Leopard, costs $30 and can be purchased directly from Houdah Software’s website. A 15-day trial is also available.
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Customers who bought the software after January 1, 2010 can upgrade for free, while other users will have to pay an upgrade fee of between $5 and $8. The company is also offering special prices for students ($15) and for household installation of up to five users ($45).