Applications/Information for using Mac OS X 10.4’s Spotlight functions.
Apple’s Official Spotlight Page and Spotlight Tips
Note: GEDCOM files (with .GED extension) appear to be indexing by default, with Spotlight, as long as they are in a directory that can be scanned (i.e. not a System directory or one that has had the privacy feature turned on).
Applications with Spotlight Functionality
TAO Outliner
Mellel Word Processor
Circus Ponies Notebook
BibDesk – Bibliography Manager
Nisus Writer Express
Booxter
MacJournal
Utilities
Spotlight for WordPerfect Files
BrandingIron – Associate arbitrary keywords to your files.
Highlight – Highlight let you import items to the Spotlight index via Drag & Drop which are not indexed by default
Useful Links
porg.4t.com/Spotlight.html – A clearinghouse for links to Mac OSX 10.4 Tiger Spotlight info
Simon Willison’s take on making books searchable
Misc. Information
Thread at dpreview.com dicussing using Automator to add Spotlight comments.