Fuse Spotlight Importer

On Mac OS X 10.4 and newer, the Fuse Spotlight importer allows Spotlight to find ZX Spectrum emulation related files based on metadata in the files.

New versions of this importer is now distributed directly embedded in Fuse and don't need to be installed separately. This obsolete download is left for historical purposes.

The metadata supported is:

TZX Tape images

Title, publishers, authors, year of release, languages, category, original price, loader, origin, comment, audio channel count, supported machines and peripherals.

Snapshots (SZX, Z80, SNA, etc.)

Machine type, and status of the enabled joysticks (Kempston, Cursor, Sinclair, Timex and Fuller), ZXATASP and ZXCF IDE peripherals, and the Interface II and Timex dock cartridges.

RZX Spectrum recordings

As snapshots above.

SCR Screen dumps

Graphics mode, width, height, orientation, colour space

Custom Metadata Attribute Details

There are several Fuse-specific metadata attributes added by this importer, detailed below:

Category : type of software (arcade adventure, puzzle, word processor, ...)

Price : the original price the software sold for (includes currency)

Loader : protection scheme used in the title (Speedlock 1, Alkatraz, ...)

Origin : (Original, Budget re-release, ...)

Machine : Spectrum 16K, 48K (Issue 1), 48K, 128K, +2, +2A, +3, SE, Timex TC2048, Timex TC2068, Timex TS2068, Scorpion ZS 256, Pentagon 128K

Joystick : Kempston, Cursor, Sinclair 1, Sinclair 2, Timex 1, Timex 2, Fuller

GraphicsMode : Standard, HiColour, HiRes