Use Spotlight to Search for Creative Commons Files

By C.K. Sample, III

Check out this post over at Creative Commons org. Nathan Yergler just announced CC Spotlight Importer, which "is an importer which adds CC license URLs to the list of indexable metadata."

This plugin will in effect 'open' Spotlight's 'eyes' to the Creative Commons files floating around on your OS X machine and any Spotlight indexable drives nearby. As a result, "The resulting information can be searched on, and will be displayed in the 'Get Info' box." The plugin comes with a smart folder that is geared toward displaying all the CCL'ed music you have on your computer. 

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