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Just want something to search my documents--am I asking too much here???
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<blockquote data-quote="kingtoe" data-source="post: 971162" data-attributes="member: 137963"><p>OK. I have a large (4,000) collection of .html essays by G.K. Chesterton. On my PC, I could "search" any words that came to mind, and as I typed, relevant essays would appear, with the search terms highlighted.</p><p></p><p>I want to set up the same thing on my mac, but Finder won't show me inside documents at all, and Google desktop won't highlight the search term.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The only programs I've found with half-decent search capability are big industrial-strength document/scan/memo/email/life-coach-and-personal-secretary apps, like DevonThink, eagleFiler, Yojimbo, Yep, etc, etc, etc, etc.... These are all severe overkill and they all cost around $40.</p><p></p><p>Am I asking too much? I mean, it seems like such a very simple task. There are ten million free windows apps that do exactly what I want, which is to search documents (I'd used Copernic Desktop search, back when I had XP). Is there even one like this for OSX? Tell me there is....</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kingtoe, post: 971162, member: 137963"] OK. I have a large (4,000) collection of .html essays by G.K. Chesterton. On my PC, I could "search" any words that came to mind, and as I typed, relevant essays would appear, with the search terms highlighted. I want to set up the same thing on my mac, but Finder won't show me inside documents at all, and Google desktop won't highlight the search term. The only programs I've found with half-decent search capability are big industrial-strength document/scan/memo/email/life-coach-and-personal-secretary apps, like DevonThink, eagleFiler, Yojimbo, Yep, etc, etc, etc, etc.... These are all severe overkill and they all cost around $40. Am I asking too much? I mean, it seems like such a very simple task. There are ten million free windows apps that do exactly what I want, which is to search documents (I'd used Copernic Desktop search, back when I had XP). Is there even one like this for OSX? Tell me there is.... Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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