General

Enable global hot keys


Hot keys allow you to bring HoudahSpot to the front in a blink of the eye. For them to work HoudahSpot needs to be running in the background.

Two hot keys are defined. The first one brings HoudahSpot to front as is. You would use that to continue working with an existing list of search results. The second one brings HoudahSpot to front and immediately opens a new query document.

Show HoudahSpot icon in menu bar


HoudahSpot may add a "status item" to the global menu bar. These are shown to the left of those provided by Apple (Spotlight, clock, AirPort, ...). The HoudahSpot menu gives you system wide access to your templates.

Quit on close of last window


If you prefer to have HoudahSpot running only when you actually need it you may ask it to quit as soon as close all query documents.

Check for updates on startup


HoudahSpot may check the Houdah web site for new versions.

You may optionally agree to submitting an anonymous system profile. No sensitive personal data is transmitted.