Talk:Sherlock (software)

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I think some of this text is not really up to encyclopedia standards. "you are thus warned!" in at least two places as well as refernced to "me" without any reference to who that person is.

It should really be rewritten. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.15.190.221 (talk • contribs) 05:04, 2005 August 25

Merge Sherlock 3 into Sherlock (software)

There are a couple of useful bits in Sherlock 3 that can be used in this article, otherwise it doesn't have the content to stand on it's own. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 09:08, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Merge complete. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 00:29, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Before there was Sherlock, there was Find Pro

You might want to write more about the origins of this software. Sherlock was originally a shareware product called "Find Pro," written by Bill Monk. Apple acquired the software, rolled it into System 7.5 and renamed it "Find File," although they continued the version numbers (Find File was verson 1.1.2). Version 2 added internet search capabilities, and Apple renamed it Sherlock. Confusingly, version 3.0.1 was named Sherlock 2. Version 3.6 came with Panther. Archola 22:59, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Coming in very late here. I know this to be true. I was a user and beta tester of the original FindPro by Bill Monk, and I also tested the OS 7.5 version of it developed by Monk on contract from Apple. It was not Apple's policy to credit contractors for this sort of thing, so this influential software has never been credited to its author.

"The Macintosh Bible", a respected and popular source in 1996, said the following:

The Mac’s anemic Find command underwent a total revamp in System 7.5, essentially killing the “find file” utility market. Apple took the best shareware find utility — Bill Monk’s Find Pro — and licensed it for the system software. (via Internet Archive).

That's not 100% correct; it wasn't a direct license, as Monk was contracted to adapt the app to Apple's specifications.

Anyway, I'll change the entry now.

O. Pen Sauce (talk) 19:47, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

Perhaps...

But Find File was very different from Sherlock.. and drastically different from Sherlock 2. Sure, they shared traits, maybe were even based upon the same code, but they were markedly different. I do agree that something should be said, though.

I second that emotion. Find File (which also existed in the Mac OS itself) scanned the directories for filenames, and that's it. Sherlock first builds indexes of ANY content, including filenames, the contents of those files, etc. Sure, you could use Sherlock to find files, but that's not all it did. Maury 21:42, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

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