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Tembo ★ Find files fast
Tembo is a desktop search tool based upon the powerful Spotlight engine.
Tembo finds files, folders, mail messages, bookmarks, images … .
Tembo shows results grouped by file type. Initially the top 10 matches for each group are shown. Often enough you will find the sought for file right here.
Drill-down into a group reveals up to 2500 results alongside context-sensitive filters. These help narrow down the results list. The "Messages" group, for example, has filters on subject, sender and recipient. The "Images" group has filters for resolution and file type.
Thus Tembo is much more than a file search tool.
It works as an extension to Mail or iChat to locate messages.
As extension to Safari to search browsing history and bookmarks, …
Why use Tembo rather than Spotlight or the Finder?
- You'll be faster to find the files you are looking for
- Easy to use interface
- Grouped search results
- Up to 2500 results in each group
- Context-sensitive filters
What filters are available?
- Bookmarks: Type, URL Domain
- Documents: File Type
- Fonts: File Type
- Images: Resolution, File Type
- Messages: Subject, From, To
- Movies: File Type, Codec
- Music: Artist, File Type
- PDF Documents: Author
- Source Code: File Type
Which files can Tembo find?
Tembo is based upon the Spotlight index and engine. Tembo can find any file indexed by Spotlight.
This includes files in the Library folders. This excludes many low level system files.
Macworld's Tembo ★ Find files fast Coverage
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Promising Prospect: Tembo Tembo aims to bring the simplicity and features of OS X 10.4's Spotlight search, and more, to Snow Leopard.
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