Comments for Small Steps Forward

Comment on Restoring Missing Spotlight Comments by Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:01:32 +0000

You are a Saint for posting this! I would have lost a months worth of data hadn’t I found this posting.

I tried the other method (using privacy settings in Spotlight) however it did not recreate all of the comments in all of the files.

Thank-you very much!

Comment on Restoring Missing Spotlight Comments by PIRATzArfyki

PIRATzArfyki — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:32:56 +0000

There is a very easy way to restore Spotlight comments built right into OS X Finder.

Open System Preferences, Spotlight, Privacy

Drag folder containing files with missing comments to the list. This will instruct Spotlight to stop indexing the content of the folder.

Now, remove the folder from Privacy listing. This will force reindexing of its content by Spotlight. Once completed, select any previously commented file inside reindexed folder, Get Info to confirm that Spotlight Comments are back where you want them.

Comment on the fisher king by Mackeran

Mackeran — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:27:25 +0000

Are you a professional journalist? You write very well.

Comment on the fisher king by Mackeran

Mackeran — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:18:37 +0000

I added your blog to bookmarks. And i’ll read your articles more often!

Comment on the wrong kind of oddball by Joe Dassler

Joe Dassler — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:13:58 +0000

I found this small steps as i wondered through the holes in cyberspace(there is no science to this)but i am grateful for the read.It’s tough if you are “homeless”, can’t find work, you feel that you can’t see beyond the phalanx of trees but this was motivational…..thanks for the ladder!

Comment on Downloads by khern3

khern3 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:53:07 +0000

Anybody know of an update to addressbookquickentry for Snow Leopard?

Comment on Downloads by dennis

dennis — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:57:35 +0000

Thanks

Comment on one step forward, five steps back by Small Steps Forward » Blog Archive » oooh! i get it.

Small Steps Forward » Blog Archive » oooh! i get it. — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:17:40 +0000

[...] looking at this craziness, knowing that i’m responsible for it, and wondering where the crux is. what is it that i need [...]

Comment on but you’ll never be free by Small Steps Forward » Blog Archive » here we go … again

Small Steps Forward » Blog Archive » here we go … again — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:01:31 +0000

[...] think that right after i asked the question (scroll down to the bottom), i’d be right on it, sitting down to peel off another blog post [...]

Comment on Restoring Missing Spotlight Comments by Kint

Kint — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:57:44 +0000

Oh man, that’s it. Makes total sense. I use Cocktail (http://www.maintain.se/cocktail/index.php) to run some maintenance tasks, and one of the software’s features is to hunt down and delete .DS* files.

That has to be it. I stopped using that function a while ago (switched to PathFinder, I highly recommend it) and my tags have not disappeared.

Good find!

Comment on Restoring Missing Spotlight Comments by tortoise

tortoise — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:38:03 +0000

I think I found an answer to why it’s happening. According to the second entry at this forum post, “… spotlight comments live in the hidden .ds-file. So one has to make sure to keep t when doing backups or transferring files. Would not work via: mac-windows-pc-mac. …”

Comment on Restoring Missing Spotlight Comments by Kint

Kint — Mon, 07 May 2007 22:44:46 +0000

Hmmr, weird. I havn’t moved files in a while. I dump everything in Documents, and tag it appropriately. This is driving me nuts!

Comment on Restoring Missing Spotlight Comments by tortoise

tortoise — Mon, 07 May 2007 03:26:24 +0000

I forget where I read why it happens, but I think it had something to do with how you move/copy files. For instance, moving files with Hazel can “erase” Spotlight comments.

Comment on Restoring Missing Spotlight Comments by Kint

Kint — Mon, 07 May 2007 00:40:32 +0000

Did you ever find out why on earth this situation arises? Can’t find anything about it on apple.com. Seems to me it happens every few weeks or so. Last time, I re-tagged all my files. Happened again today, but at least your trick saved me all the hard work.

Thanks!

Comment on You Must iClip by tortoise

tortoise — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:45:47 +0000

I went to the PTH website when I saw your comment. I looked at the screenshots. It still looks as pretty as it did the first time. (This isn’t a compliment.) I will probably stick with iClip.

I wasn’t crazy about iClip 4’s new colors. I’m hoping they offer skins or something. But the functionality of iClip really works for me.

Comment on You Must iClip by John M

John M — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:28:11 +0000

Did you check out version 4 of PTH? Try that out first, its a lot nicer then the previous revs and does all the stuff iClip does.

Comment on You Must iClip by tortoise

tortoise — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:10:24 +0000

@Devin
Thanks!

@John M
I used PTH Pasteboard (among others) when I first started looking at multiple-clipboard software. It was free, and iClip’s price was more than I wanted to pay at the time. I found PTH so clunky, unintuitive and awful to use that I switched. To iClip lite (which was free). Then I just switched to iClip. I think it’s worth the money. But, hey, if PTH works for you, then stick with it.

Comment on You Must iClip by John M

John M — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:57:13 +0000

Version 3 was OK but 4 looks horrible. I switched over to PTH Pasteboard from http://pth.com which is not only free but let’s me see the contents of the clipboard.

Comment on You Must iClip by Devin

Devin — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:10:38 +0000

Great review on iClip! I can see why you won the prize.

Comment on You Must iClip by tortoise

tortoise — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:07:38 +0000

Thank you. I was pretty surprised to win with all the reviews that were submitted. Tell you the truth, I feel pretty darn good about it.

That Terminal command is below. I’ve put it on multiple lines for readability, but you want to enter it into Terminal with no line breaks.
/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background &

I got it from the Best of Mac OS X Hints video (a 96 MB download).

Comment on You Must iClip by jason catudal

jason catudal — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:54:39 +0000

hi, i too blogged about iclip and noticed that you won the contest for best use. i am curious about the terminal command you mentioned to get a screen saver as your desktop. could you share it with me? i’d heard that that was possible. perhaps you know if there’s a way to get a movie to play also?

thanks and congratulations on your win!