Our Verdict
DataLoremay stir in you a newfound respect for the Spotlight . The gunstock port to Spotlight ’s index of your hard cause is very simple , but not in particular pliant . DataLore aims to improve the speed and relevancy of your search results by permitting you to be very specific about which folders are searched and which are brush aside .
Excluding your user account ’s Library pamphlet , for example , will skip over thousands of files that most users never interact with and shave a few seconds off your lookup metre .
DataLore also extend a few whoremaster for easily specialise your results . Type “ > 1y ” in your inquiry and DataLore will only look for point that are more than one year honest-to-god — a exploit that ask three or more clicks when search from the Finder .
And , unlike the rigid Finder that will only expose a file ’s last open up date in the hunt results , DataLore can expose the last opened , last limited or innovation date .
DataLore ’s standout feature article is look other Macs on your local meshing with minimum spat . While this is possible using the Finder , DataLore ’s method is so much faster one wonders why Apple ’s implementation is so pokey .
The deficiency of a system - wide keyboard shortcut like Spotlight ’s conversant command - space is a puzzling skip in DataLore . The whole peak of quick lookup issue is belittle by the necessity to change over to the DataLore app to invoke a search . Despite this and a pedestrian substance abuser port , DataLore is well deserving a try .
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[ Stuart Gripman is a columnist for Advisor Basics of FileMaker Pro magazine and founder ofCrooked Arm Consulting . ]
