DataLore Features
Simple, Clean & Powerful
DataLore presents a simple and clean user interface, containing many powerful features organized into
distinctive components. The interface is designed to work with you, responding quickly and reliably, so
that you can search your files thoroughly and with confidence. DataLore lets you perform uninterrupted
searches from simple to complex, and helps you narrow down or customize the search to your specific
needs, without getting in your way.
Flexible, Customizable Search Options
• Search locally on your own Mac
• Search other Macs on your network
• Search external hard drives
• Search filenames, content, file types, dates, and more
• Search for a specific file type, multiple file types at a time,
or search all folders and file types at a time
• Include/Exclude selected folders and filetypes
• Easily add and remove folders to and from the Where to Look list
• Filter results by file type
Search As You Type & Text Shorthand
• Search results appear immediately as you type
• Text entry box that makes it easy and fast to do simple or complex searches
• Works with you while you type, instant search results
• When you change your search terms, the results process and change at the same time
• Change, stop or start a new search without the need for pressing buttons or changing
drop down menus
• Perform powerful searches such as boolean and wildcard queries, date ranges, file types, and more
• Text shorthand offers special characters for customized, highly defined search patterns
• Special search characters can be combined to produce complex search queries
• Simple searches using words separated by spaces
The Search Results List
• Display the results and select how the columns are sorted by clicking the column titles
• Easily narrow down the results further with include/exclude of folders or add file types
to the exclude list.
• Reveal the file in the Finder or open the file with the default application
• QuickLook support for quickly viewing your files
• Right click on the file to bring up a popup menu to perform even more operations
• Double-click to open the file in the search list
• Adjustable columns display filename, modification date, size and kind
• Modification date column can optionally display the "last opened" date and "creation" date
• Drag and Drop files to copy or move them to another location on your computer
• Breadcrumb bar displays the full location path of the selected item in the results list
• File Size Displays in KBs, MBs, or GBs depending on the size of the file
• Statistics of all the different file types produced in the results
• Filter results by file type
• Display the "enclosing folder contents" and enter Directory Contents mode/navigate to
the parent folder
Searching External Hard Drives
• Search any external hard drive that has been indexed by SpotLight
• Automatic indexing when an external drive is connected to your Mac
• Two easy ways to search: search everything or search only selected
items added to the include list
Search Other Macs on Your Network
• Search other Macs just as easily as you can search your own
• Search your network seamlessly and quickly
• Specify which folders to make available and not available to other users on your network
• All Macs on your network will automatically appear in the "computer to search" drop
down list
• Use the Remote Access controls to restrict or limit which portions of your computer other
users can access, or turn off access completely
• Drag and drop files from the results list to copy them from the remote computer over to
your own computer, fast and easy
• Perform all the same search operations on the remote computer in the same way as you
would on your own computer
Companion Menu Bar Application: Control Remote Access
• Menu bar companion app acts as a mini-server for controlling remote access to your computer
• Intuitive remote access control panel lets you control which users can access which portions of
your computer, or not at all
• Three flexible options to start, automatically start, and stop, the menubar application
• Easily edit, add or remove access rights for other computers at any time
• Automatically displays all Macs on your network that are running DataLore
• Customize access and restrictions to individual computers and specific folders
• Easily add or remove folders from your list of accessible folders
• Change and edit the name of your computer at any time (how it would appear on the other
computer's access control panel)
• Ability to immediately turn off all access to other Macs, and turn it back on, just as quickly
• Open the main application from the menu bar
Clean and Lean User Interface
• Simple, intuitive interface doesn't slow you down; fast to use, not cluttered
• Search as you type text entry box alleviates the need for multiple buttons and drop down lists
• Fast and easy to select where to search, what types of files to search for, and what to search for.
• Main application window for search queries and returning results
• Companion menu bar app window for remote access control settings
• Resizable Columns
• Easy to select folders to include and exclude from the search
• Easy to use check boxes for fast filtering by file type
World Class Customer Support
• Screencast demonstration of an actual search locally and on the network
• Excellent built-in Help Guide
• Check for updates
• Support Forum Community
• Fast and Friendly customer support at support@xtralean.com
