Cardinal 0.3.0

The rest of the search comes up to the surface: the filters that used to be typed syntax are now controls in the bar, and the app can finally tell you whether you are running the latest build.

Download

Cardinal_0.3.0_aarch64.dmg — Apple silicon, macOS 12 or later.

Signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple, so it opens without Gatekeeper warnings. Open the DMG, drag Cardinal to Applications, and grant Full Disk Access when macOS asks.

SHA-256  24212e451b1a9d3ad421c6717d038798e3c37277732e4bd10490b0db0bb32a95

What's new

A "Contains" field, beside the one for names, for searching inside files. It writes content:"…" into the query — the same way the type dropdown writes type: — so the search bar still says exactly what is being searched.

The file-type dropdown got icons and got shorter. Document, PDF, Presentation and Spreadsheet are one "Document" entry now. It writes an OR of the four groups rather than changing what type:doc means.

"Search in" opens a folder picker. The folder icon used to fold the field away, which is not what an icon shaped like a folder promises. Folding moved to a chevron beside it, and the placeholder now names the default: "Search in… (whole disk)".

Columns can be reordered by dragging their titles, and the snippet column sits next to the file name. The order is remembered.

Check for Updates… in the Cardinal menu. It asks GitHub for the latest release, tells you where you stand, and offers the download page only when there is something newer. There is no check on launch and no background updater: Cardinal makes no network request you did not ask for.

The Help menu's updates entry pointed at the wrong project — the upstream repository's releases rather than this fork's. Fixed.

Also

• The icon's sparkles are orange; the pale gold disappeared against light backgrounds.
• A column order saved by an older version is repaired on read instead of trusted, so a column added later still appears.
• tauri and @tauri-apps/api are back in step; the mismatch introduced by the dialog plugin blocked packaging.

Credits

Cardinal was created by cardisoft and is MIT licensed. This fork continues that work; the search engine is theirs. The generic parts of this release are offered back upstream in cardisoft/cardinal#226.