Thanks for weighing in Rob.. It got myself a copy of 'Alfred', it just works.......
On Sat, Feb 4, 2023 at 8:59 AM Rob McBroom <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9 Jan 2023, at 17:00, Stuart Docherty wrote: > > In all likelihood, I have commenced in a similar manner to others: enter > the name of a file you know you have. > > a) I don't get a hit on the file(s) > b) scanning the hits, I mostly struggle to see the relevance to my item. > > Quicksilver won’t index *all* of your files (and I wouldn’t recommend > that you try). You can look at Preferences → Catalog to see what it’s > currently including. Most of the File & Folder entries have a limit to how > deep they scan. You can adjust this by making a copy and disabling the > built-in preset. You can also add custom entries if there are important > folders missing, but I would be selective. 20 years ago there were > performance issues with adding too many files. That’s not really a problem > these days, but you probably want to avoid “noise” in the results. > > Also note that you can access any file even if it’s not directly > searchable in the catalog. With any folder selected, you can hit → or / to > see its contents. You can then search those results and repeat until you > get to where you want. You can also quickly jump to the root of your drive > by just holding / for a half second or jump to your home directory by > hitting ` or ~. > > -- > Rob McBroom > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Quicksilver" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/blacktree-quicksilver/6BC138B9-19C3-4CB2-BC23-33869B20E8FD%40skurfer.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/blacktree-quicksilver/6BC138B9-19C3-4CB2-BC23-33869B20E8FD%40skurfer.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Boomshanka, Stuart Docherty 0410 599 211 [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quicksilver" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/blacktree-quicksilver/CAPo-egTLL13k4UVS8JtMOZNEARyLajbx28n_5DLDKSH0H7W-SQ%40mail.gmail.com.
