# Module & Scanner for local search (spotlight)

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/module-scanner-for-local-search-spotlight/13366>\
**Category:** Feedback\
**Created:** [January 11, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/module-scanner-for-local-search-spotlight/13366 "2012-01-11T22:03:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![gsgmx2](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gsgmx2](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/gsgmx2)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/module-scanner-for-local-search-spotlight/13366/1 "2012-01-11T22:03:41Z")

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I think it would be quite handy to have a module & scanner for a local search too.

I would create a combined search for the web and local documents together.

An example might show the benefits of this approach.  
Today I had to find out some advanced information about a special barcode workflow to be implemented. I was sure I would find some relevant information in my file system , some in my mails, some in some DevonThink DBs and some in the web. All together in one DevonAgent search would be a lot easier to handle.  
This setup could be improved further if there would be a scanner which compares the URLs of the DT or filesystem docs and compares these to the results from other scan modules and shows equivalence or differences.

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/module-scanner-for-local-search-spotlight/13366/2 "2012-01-13T12:55:55Z")

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> [@gsgmx2](#):
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> Today I had to find out some advanced information about a special barcode workflow to be implemented. I was sure I would find some relevant information in my file system , some in my mails, some in some DevonThink DBs and some in the web. All together in one DevonAgent search would be a lot easier to handle.

Thank you for the suggestion, we’ll consider this for future releases. But there’s already a workaround:

1. Index your local documents & archive your emails in DEVONthink Pro Office
2. Enable DEVONthink Pro Office’s web server
3. Create a new search set, add the desired Internet sources (e.g. Google or Bing) and Browser \> DEVONthink Pro Office to the search set

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**Author:** ![system](https://devontech-discourse.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/2X/4/4e6ff70c96be2eb307a274d890bba8d71ba671b3.png) [@system](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/module-scanner-for-local-search-spotlight/13366/3 "2022-01-21T11:14:43Z")

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