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Spotlight Reference Collection

This collection of documents provides the API reference for Spotlight. Spotlight is a fast, extensible, desktop search technology that allows users to organize and search for files based on metadata.


Framework
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework
Header file directories
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Headers
Companion guide

Class References
NSMetadataItem
NSMetadataQuery
NSMetadataQueryAttributeValueTuple
NSMetadataQueryResultGroup

Opaque Type References
MDItem
MDQuery

Other References
MDImporter Reference
MDLineage Reference
MDSchema Reference
Spotlight Metadata Attributes Reference

 

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Last updated: 2006-07-13

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