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Suggestion for apps in multiple locations
Authored by: stevebr on Nov 30, '06 08:47:14AM

Instead of ls, this seems like a perfect use for Mithras' cache_saved_searches, posted here last lear. To refresh people's memory, it creates Folders of symlinks matching the results of Spotlight saved searches. There's a modification in the comments of that hint

So, you would create a Spotlight search for applications and save it and run the script according to your schedule.

In a restore-from-backup situation the links are only useful for the names, but having the names on hand appears to be the goal of the hint.



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Suggestion for apps in multiple locations
Authored by: stevebr on Nov 30, '06 08:52:09AM

Sorry for replying to myself but I left my post with an incomplete sentence, thus proving that "preview post" only helps if you read it ;)

"There's a modification in the comments of that hint" should read "There's a modification in the comments of that hint that adds flexibility by working with the current directory, in case you don't want to keep the saved search in the standard place."



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