Basic rule of thumb: Spotlight is for finding stuff that you can't remember where you put; Quicksilver is for doing things with your stuff.
Also, the reason Spotlight can keep up to date on everything in the whole system is because it is built into the deepest parts of the operating system, and all the different parts of the system take it upon themselves to inform Spotlight of changes. Quicksilver is a user-level application and can't tap directly into Spotlight (the Spotlight plugin basically just allows QS to ask Spotlight questions). For Quicksilver to index everything on your computer, it would have to reduplicate the work done by Spotlight, and moreover would have to explicitly check everything itself every few minutes. Nothing else informs QS of changes, so it has to do all the work itself. On Saturday, June 16, 2012 9:45:39 AM UTC-4, Kliter Semson wrote: > > Ideally, I'd like to have one go-to search engine whenever using OS X. I > prefer quicksilver over spotlight for a number of reasons and wanted to set > the program up to search the entire contents of my operating system > (similar to what Spotlight does). Earlier I read in a forum that changing > the catalog depth to "infinity" would accomplish this but couldn't see it > listed anywhere in preferences. Has anyone ever tried to set QS to search > for everything on their hard drive - buried folders, hidden folders, system > protected files etc etc Thanks, > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Quicksilver group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/blacktree-quicksilver?hl=en
