Spotlight for Mellel (using Mozy)

[Taman]

I've just started to try the Mozy backup program that is in beta for mac. Seems like quite a nice solution. Runs an offsite backup for you and provides you with 2Gb of free storage. Nice if you want to keep some of your files remotely backedup. I'm planning to go for the unlimited storage for USD5/month if it ends up working ok. If anyone is interested in signing up, if you use the following URL it apparently gives us both a bit more free storage.

https://mozy.com/?ref=WD43B8

BUT, my question relates to how I use kMDItemContentType for mellel. The standard format is along the lines of:

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kMDItemContentType = "com.apple.iwork.keynote.key"

What would the appropriate syntax to identify all mellel files?

Thanks, Taman

[rpcameron]

After browsing through Mellel's Info.plist, it looks like it is "com.redlex.mellel.mell" and "com.redlex.mellel.mel" (the property list defines both as extensions that Mellel uses).

[Stephen Still]

Using mdls at the command line to list all of the metadata fields for a sample Mellel file of both binary and XML formats, the options are:

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kMDItemContentType             = "com.redlex.mellel.binary.document"

for a Mellel binary, and

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kMDItemContentType             = "dyn.ah62d4qmuhk2x45pfrv0gn5a"

for a Mellel XML (Mellel 2.0+) file. The latter doesn't seem right, however.

Edit: I have checked on a different computer, with similar results for a Mellel XML bundle file. I am not familiar with Mozy, but it may be more sane to use the kMDItemKind, which is:

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kMDItemKind                    = "Mellel Package Document"

for Mellel XML bundles and

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kMDItemKind                    = "Mellel Document"

for Mellel binary files. Certainly running

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mdfind "kMDItemKind = 'Mellel Document' || kMDItemKind = 'Mellel Package Document'"

at the command line finds all of my Mellel files.
-S