
- #NEOFINDER SEARCH FOR MAC#
- #NEOFINDER SEARCH MAC OS X#
- #NEOFINDER SEARCH MAC OS#
- #NEOFINDER SEARCH INSTALL#
- #NEOFINDER SEARCH FULL#
Simply copy the catalog files from one installation to the database folder of the other one. Yes, as both products use the exact same catalog file format, their catalog files are interchangeable. Yes, our sister product abeMeda for Windows uses the exact same database format, so you can even share your catalogs on a shared network folder on a server if you have a Business license of them.Ĭan abeMeda for Windows use NeoFinder Mac catalogs and vice versa? Please do NOT try to "Import" the catalogs, as the Import feature in NeoFinder is only used for catalog files of other applications.Īlso, do NOT drag the database folder into the main window of NeoFinder, as that will create a catalog of that folder, and that is not what you want. Again, you do that using the NeoFinder Preferences.
#NEOFINDER SEARCH FULL#
On the new Mac, once you have copied the full Database Folder to a proper location, maybe your Documents folder, simply show NeoFinder where that folder is located. You can also select LIBRARY in the NeoFinder window, and use Reveal in Finder in the context menu or also the Special menu to have NeoFinder show you the location of that folder in the Finder.ģ. That is where NeoFinder stores the catalog files, and that folder must be copied to the new Mac. If you don't know where your Database Folder is located on your old Mac, please open the NeoFinder Preferences window on your old Mac, and look at the "Database Folder Location" value. Copy the NeoFinder Database Folder from the old to the new Mac. Install the current version of NeoFinder on your new Mac, and activate your license there.Ģ. If you wish to move your catalog database from the old Mac to a new one, follow these instructions:ġ. How do I move my NeoFinder database to a new Mac? That usually leads you to the CDFinder database folder. So if you can remember the name of a volume, you can use the search feature in macOS to search for a file with that name. That catalog file has the same name as the volume or folder. In case you don't really know where your old CDFinder database folder is located: CDFinder and NeoFinder create a catalog file for each volume or folder you catalog. If that doesn't work, please open the NeoFinder Preferences, and change the "Database Folder location" to use the same place that CDFinder was using.Īnd if you still have old catalogs created by CDFinder 2.8 or earlier, please use the Importer to convert that old format.
#NEOFINDER SEARCH INSTALL#
If you install your new NeoFinder on the same machine as CDFinder, NeoFinder will simply find out which folder CDFinder was using as its database folder, and just use it! Now that is easy, right?
#NEOFINDER SEARCH FOR MAC#
Of course NeoFinder can use your existing CDFinder for Mac or abeMeda for Windows database!
#NEOFINDER SEARCH MAC OS#
We also still have older NeoFinder and CDFinder versions available for use in previous versions of Mac OS, going all the way back to Mac OS 9!Ĭan NeoFinder import my CDFinder database?
#NEOFINDER SEARCH MAC OS X#
NeoFinder 8.x works in Mac OS X 10.11, macOS Sierra (Mac OS X 10.12), macOS High Sierra (10.13), macOS 10.14, 10.15, macOS 11 (Bug Sur) and even macOS 12 (Monterary). With a swift double click on the wanted email message, you will open that message in Apples Mail, ready to be replied to.Does NeoFinder work in Monterey, Bug Sur, Catalina, Mojave, High Sierra, Sierra, El Capitan,? As the email messages have rather nondescript file names, you can use the Text Preview section of the Inspector so see the actual content of the selected message. NeoFinder will show you the resulting mails. You want to use the Text Content option in the first menu in each row. Set up the Find Editor to search your catalog with the Mail folder, and then add as many search criteria as you need, as in this case. If you use macOS 10.14 or newer, you must allow NeoFinder Full Disk Access in the Security settings of the System Preferences, or the contents of your mail folder cannot be accessed by NeoFinder.Ģ. Also, you want to increase the numBytesForTextFiles hidden preferences option to a large value, to get the entire content of your email messages. Catalog your mail folder, and make sure the setting to read Text File previews is activated in the Cataloging Preferences. That allows you to efficiently search your emails, better than Apples Mail.app itself can do that.ġ. NeoFinder is now able to read the contents of Apple Mail files in the.
