Award winning file searching and viewing utility…
Why would I want On Location 2.01?
If you ever need to search your files—by file name or the text contents of your files—you need On Location! Perhaps you wrote a letter to a Mr. Smith, but can’t seem to find it. Just use On Location and you’ll have a list of every files containing a Mr. Smith in seconds. And it gets even better. On Location uses Claris’ XTND technology to allow you to read the files in just about every Mac file format right from On Location—even if you don’t have the original application!
Uses of On Location are only bounded by your imagination. You can even build your own personal library as Andy Ihnatko of Computer Shopper did.
“I’ve put On Location to good use by filling an optical cartridge with every single text file I’ve found online that contains any information of any interest whatsoever—a personal, 300Mb encyclopedia of information on a broad variety of subjects. I just ask On Location to look up the word ‘airplane,’ and it spits back information about aerodynamics, how to get cheap airfare, the classic Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker comedy movie, and on and on.”
Many of the latest CD-ROM’s, such as the AMUG BBS in a BOX and CD-ROM’s published by Apple Computer, are also including On Location indexes built in to their CD-ROM’s. With On Location, you can then search them quickly to find the information that interests you!
Wickedly fast!
If you’re interested in speed, you’ve come to the right place! On Location is the fastest search utility available for the Apple Macintosh. Period. No other utility comes close.
“On Location is a wickedly fast disk cataloging and indexing system which combines an extension and a desk accessory for lightning-fast searches.”—Andy Ihnatko, Computer Shopper, January 1993
“When you’re searching for data, the top requirement is speed. On Location 2.0 is the champ at finding filenames or text within files; nothing else is even in the ballpark.”—Steven Bobker, Computer Shopper, April 1992
“On Location’s ability to search by file name is outstanding. The program found all 9,300 files on a CD-ROM in less than six seconds (with the index located on a relatively sluggish CD-ROM drive), and 502 Pascal source-code files (names ending in .p) in less than four seconds.”—Loftus E. Becker, Jr., MacWeek (Dec. 10, 1991)
“Searching for words. On Location’s text-search abilities are considerable. You can search for text by any word or combination of words; if you type more than one word, by default On Location will return files containing both (in any order), but it can be told to find files containing any one of them. Searches are fast, though not as fast as file name searches; it took 19 seconds to find 38 files containing ‘IsDialogEvent’ out of 120 Mbytes of source code and compilers on a Mac IIfx.”
How does it do it?
On Location indexes your hard drive (or any other volume such as CD-ROM’s, optical drives, removable hard drives, or floppies)—taking up only about 2% disk space. It works in the background (whenever your machine is idle) to keep its index up to date.
Then, when you initiate a search, On Location only has to search its own index files—optimized to make searching unbelievably quick. In fact, it starts searching the second you start typing. It’s so fast it doesn’t even wait for you to finish typing before it starts searching.
And if you use a hard disk compression product like AutoDoubler or SpaceSaver, you’ll be happy to learn that On Location is perfectly compatible! Other search programs have to continually decompress and recompress files while they search—making searching unbelievably slow. But On Location just searches its own index files—without ever having to touch your original files!
Users Agree!
“I have over 300 Mb of files on my Mac. Before On Location I found myself looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack five or six times a day,” said David Edwards, lead AppleTalk engineer at Cisco Systems in Menlo Park. “I consider On Location a vital tool in my system.”
“I can’t begin to tell you how much easier it is to work on my Mac. On Location lets me find files by what I know they’re about, rather than by what I think I called them. Instead of rummaging through folders I can search, select, and open my files quickly and painlessly from On Location,” said Paul Hurley, director of computer systems at McDonough, Holland & Allen in Sacramento.
“The key benefit of On Location is the speed and ease with which you can find words and numbers within files in addition to finding by file name,” said Kim Agricola, product manager for On Location. “As you type a few words or a phrase in its search window, On Location immediately begins looking for your file.”
On Location has a large and loyal customer base. A partial list of companies who have purchased On Location includes BP International, Exxon, Monsanto, Eastman Kodak, Mitre, The New York Times, Lockheed, and NASA.
Special Pricing—You Save $30!
At only $89—On Location is a steal at $30 off the retail price. Call or fax us to order your copy today!
How to order:
“BBS IN A BOX” retails for $129.00 but you can get it for only $89 from Insanely Great Software.
Phone: 800-368-5195 or 303-872-8651. (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
Mail: Adam Stein, Insanely Great Software, 126 Calvert Ave. E., Edison, NJ 08820
Email: AdamStein on AOL, 71140,2051 on Compuserve, and AdamStein@aol.com on the Internet.
Fax: 908-632-1766
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