Egg Freckles

Before Spotlight there was Sherlock.nAnd before Sherlock there was the Find.nWe have come a long way since the search in System 7.nContent awareness, deep indexes, and live results have made modern search powerful.nBut sometimes I wish I could return to a simpler search.nWhere the indexing every file isn’t required, and I can see the results from every folder on my hard drive.nEasyFind is powerful search made easy.

EasyFind’s Best Three Features:

• Its fast results and Quick Look integration
• The ability to search invisible files, and the contents of application bundles
• The option to search anywhere, including my Library and System folders

Fast

EasyFind’s results are so fast on my MacBook Air, I often question the need for Spotlight to keep an index of my hard drive.nMaybe its because I rarely search my files by content.nOr maybe it is because of my MacBook Air’s super-fast SSD.nNo matter the reason, EasyFind’s search results often start appearing in less than a second.

Browsing

Browsing EasyFind’s results is simple too.nQuick Look long replaced Preview as my preferred way of previewing files,nand Quick Look is built into every EasyFind search.nSimply highlight the first result, tap the Spacebar, and navigate down the list using the arrow keys.nA full-screen preview appears with every key stroke.

Finding Your Mac’s Hidden Secrets

We all know our Macs have hidden files.nWe just have to know where to look.nSpotlight refuses to reveal the hidden files invisible to the Finder,nor tucked away inside application bundles.nEasyFind makes finding hidden files easy.nNo need to display invisible files in the Finder first,nor show the contents of application bundles or packages.

As a power user, one of my chief frustrations with Spotlight is its inability to look inside my Library or System folders.nIf I am modifying a system resource or adjusting a local preference,nmy activities often take me outside the view of Spotlight’s search.nEasyFind does not suffer from such shortsightedness.nIts powerful search finds file and folders, by name, phrase, or content no matter where they are located.nIt even follows Unix-Wildcards, and can exclude known file types.

EasyFind is the little squirrel I keep in my dock for finding stuff on my Mac.nFree from the Mac App Store,nor the Devon Technologies website.

Have you ever tried to install OS X from a USB Flash Drive and received this error message?

This copy of the Install OS X Mavericks application can’t be verified. It may have been corrupted or tampered with during downloading.

The issue is not with your installation media, but rather with your Mac’s time and date. Follow these steps to set it right.

1. While booted from your OS X Install Media, launch the Terminal from the Utilities menu.
2. Enter the date command to report your Mac’s known time and date.
3. If the time and date are not correct, you can set it using the date command.
4. Follow this format date mmddHHMMccyy where mm equals month, dd equals day, HH equals hours, MM equals minutes, and ccyy equals year. (Example: Today’s date would be 120310002014.)
5. Press Return, and your Mac will confirm the current time and date before the prompt.
6. Type exit or press “Command + Q” to quit the Terminal and resume the installation process.

I first started seeing this error message in OS X 10.9 Mavericks, but date verification may be present in older versions of OS X. When ii doubt try setting your computer’s data to the year your version of OS X was released. For a complete listing of OS X release dates visit the Robservatory.