In System/Library/spotlight there are several files like " Application.mdimporter " which seems they appropriate searching for spotlight. Can I add any file like them? Is there any way to make files like them? Can I find files of this kind produced with developers?
Add a mdimporter file to have new option search in spotlight
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You can't, Spotlight stores the search index in the root folder of the volume. When the volume is disconnected, you cannot get search results from it.
I would just use Applescript to do it in a Run Applescript Action
on run {input, parameters}
set theDate to do shell script "date +%Y_%m_%d_%H:%M:%S"
tell application "Finder"
repeat with thisfile in input
set theComment to theDate & return & POSIX path of thisfile
set comment of (thisfile as alias) to theComment
return input
end tell
end run
This sets the date stamp and path. It should be simple to add your touch and delete code to this.
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Best Answer
Yes, you can create your own Spotlight importers.
You can find Apple's documentation here.
The importers don't need to sit in
/System/Library/Spotlightthat is intended solely for importers that come with the operating system. What usually happens is an application developer will create an importer to support their file formats and include the importer within the application bundle. So, for example, the importers for Pages file formats sit within the Pages app bundle. But you can also drop importers in~/Library/Spotlightwithin your own user profile and OSX will find them there.