It was even a copy of widgets as well.
Its still better than the search built into Vista
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It was even a copy of widgets as well.
Its still better than the search built into Vista
not exactly, GDS on windows has a nice sidebar and other extra functions.
also, GDS was first released beta in 2004, while spotlight show up in Tiger in 2005. (Note, Google didn't invent DS, my bet is on copernic)
also, Linux has a DS called "Beagle"
Yup. And I'm not the only one in this thread who saw my Mac crawl as a result. If it's not slowing your machine, then that's great but my Mac if now free of it.
downloaded with no problems (no slowing or any other apparent issues) but it just seems useless when coupled with spotlight and quicksilver. i use QS for almost everything and when i need Spotlight, it's there. there are no advantages to using Google Desktop versus QS or Spotlight, IMO. i uninstalled it within 10 minutes of downloading.
10 minutes, lol, I guess the indexing wasn't finished yet. its not a good way to try new things.
I'm surprised there are so many people in this thread saying their Spotlight searches are slow. Spotlight on my dual 2.0Ghz G5 is instant, and I have a total of 360 gigs of hard drive space indexed.
I'm confused as to why it's so fast for me and so slow for others.
I'm confused as to why it's so fast for me and so slow for others.
well, maybe some users do not have as much RAM as u do, spotlight@512MB need 1~1.5second to show UI,
I got 2G RAM, it takes 1 second from typing to show result. I don't think its slow, but GDS is obviously faster.
Google Desktop for Mac
A while back I've read that Google would make some more apps for Apple (look at the applications in the iPhone). Could it be that Google is making a beta for the desktop search that would be integrated into Leopard instead of spotlight? It may look strang but Google has all the knowledge about search engines, so why wouldn't Apple take advantage of it?
A while back I've read that Google would make some more apps for Apple (look at the applications in the iPhone). Could it be that Google is making a beta for the desktop search that would be integrated into Leopard instead of spotlight? It may look strang but Google has all the knowledge about search engines, so why wouldn't Apple take advantage of it?
errr. bold idea, maybe Apple will have to pay Google for something it thinks it can do itself?
the indexing was complete. i don't have too much on my MBP: only 24 of 80GB used (for reference, Spotlight indexing takes about 7 minutes).
i just didn't like the app. it seems unnecessary to me when i can get by perfectly fine with Spotlight and QS. when i first got my Mac, i heard about QS and i thought "i don't need that." now that i have it i can't imagine how i would get by without it. google desktop did not create that impression; although, i'll admit i was skepitcal at first and quick to judge. to each his own.
I now have "Quick add to Google Calendar" when I right click!
Installed GDS yesterday, and it pisses me off...
When I highlight some words and right click, there's an option to add it to the Google Calendar.
My browser is Omni web, and I haven't used Google Calendar in more than a year.
So, I guess this is part of the code that's added to every Cocoa app running?
I dunno, but I wasn't even asked if I wanted this.
Also, GMail search doesn't seem to work when the computer is offline.
I mean, I can search my e-mails, but can't read?
So I guess this means my e-mails aren't actually downloaded into my HDD, just a meta database file for it...
Am I doing something wrong here?
I mean, doesn't this completely defeat the purpose if I can SEARCH my mails off-line but can't actually read them???
Installed GDS yesterday, and it pisses me off...
When I highlight some words and right click, there's an option to add it to the Google Calendar.
My browser is Omni web, and I haven't used Google Calendar in more than a year.
So, I guess this is part of the code that's added to every Cocoa app running?
I dunno, but I wasn't even asked if I wanted this.
Also, GMail search doesn't seem to work when the computer is offline.
I mean, I can search my e-mails, but can't read?
So I guess this means my e-mails aren't actually downloaded into my HDD, just a meta database file for it...
Am I doing something wrong here?
I mean, doesn't this completely defeat the purpose if I can SEARCH my mails off-line but can't actually read them???
Too little too late...most to late. Had this come out with 10.3, maybe I would have kepted using it even with spotlight, but spotlight is great. I love it, and see no reason to change.
Google Desktop, no. Google Analytics, yes.
Since 2001 I've used Puma (10.1.5) on a G3 366MHz, 320MB, clamshell to do research and write a book manuscript. I've recently acquired a G4 PowerBook 667MHz, 512MB, Titanium (with 10.1.5 installed) to finish polishing the 'script with, and after six years on the clamshell, two weeks with the PowerBook I went and got Tiger for the G4. I could not wait for Leopard's arrival.
I now must admit that before I only "liked" but now I truly love the beast. What a step up from Puma to Tiger. The G4 is sweeter and faster in most apps (Pages is faster than Appleworks though my 16 MB of video is less than Pages recommended 32MB of video RAM) but function is all that matters. Word processing is all that matters to me.
Spotlight is better than Sherlock; Spotlight is ideal ... for my needs. I don't "need" Google's Desktop though Google's Analytics is interesting enough to have me check it out, especially now that I got Tiger roaming around the World Wide Web with me ...
Someday ..., Mergatroid will live!
Since 2001 I've used Puma (10.1.5) on a G3 366MHz, 320MB, clamshell to do research and write a book manuscript. I've recently acquired a G4 PowerBook 667MHz, 512MB, Titanium (with 10.1.5 installed) to finish polishing the 'script with, and after six years on the clamshell, two weeks with the PowerBook I went and got Tiger for the G4. I could not wait for Leopard's arrival.
I now must admit that before I only "liked" but now I truly love the beast. What a step up from Puma to Tiger. The G4 is sweeter and faster in most apps (Pages is faster than Appleworks though my 16 MB of video is less than Pages recommended 32MB of video RAM) but function is all that matters. Word processing is all that matters to me.
Spotlight is better than Sherlock; Spotlight is ideal ... for my needs. I don't "need" Google's Desktop though Google's Analytics is interesting enough to have me check it out, especially now that I got Tiger roaming around the World Wide Web with me ...
Someday ..., Mergatroid will live!
It's more than a RAM issue-- I've got 3GB and spotlight isn't as "instant" for me as people here are suggesting. Is "1 second from typing to show result" an exaggeration, or is it really that fast for some people?
I'm guessing it's a function of file count and index size. I'm not unhappy with Spotlights performance by any stretch, but I'm not getting 1 second results...
Lol, i consider 1sec to be slow, and u think its fast? sign, i feel like GDS is perfect for you now, its very fast, "0.1 second"
One thing I hate about spotlight is I can't search in my server drives. Here at work all of our files are located in the server so spot light is useless for me. I am still waiting for something better.
Export restrictions to Iran are pretty tight, but I'm kind of surprised that they would allow OS X but prevent GDS (not that these things ever make a whole lot of sense). Is it possible the Iranian government has forbidden Google from indexing every hard drive in their country? That would seem a perfectly logical step to me...
Either way, I was kinda psyched to see that MR has representation from Iran now! Welcome! Does MR have a map anywhere showing what countries are represented here?
It's great that google are remembering the Mac, but I have no need for this. The beauty of the mac is not needing to download numerous pieces of third party software to make it work like a mac.
It's great that google are remembering the Mac, but I have no need for this. The beauty of the mac is not needing to download numerous pieces of third party software to make it work like a mac.
like not be able to play Xvid/DivX/Real/WMV video? 3rd party softwares should be always welcomed.Please. As opposed to Dashboard, or all the other things Apple integrates into their system? It's extra crap anyway you look at it. You're just favoring Apple over Google.
I used Google desktop on my 675 P3. It was still faster than spotlight. In fact spotlight is pretty slow for what it does.
request
hi!
since there's so many people who agree that desktop search is competently built-in OS X, I'd invite everyone to use this URL: http://desktop.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact=1
to suggest that GDS should be released for Linux. thanks.
hi!
since there's so many people who agree that desktop search is competently built-in OS X, I'd invite everyone to use this URL: http://desktop.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact=1
to suggest that GDS should be released for Linux. thanks.
It's great that google are remembering the Mac, but I have no need for this. The beauty of the mac is not needing to download numerous pieces of third party software to make it work like a mac.
You mean like VLC, Firefox, Fetch, Flip4Mac, Toast?
Work like a Mac means elegantly and without hassle, for me.
You should be unhappy. I've worked with databases thousands of entries in size. I just did a search for Brett, a friends name, and 23 entries came up. Results took 3-4 seconds on 2.0 CD with 1 gig of ram. A dual processor P2 233 with a 15 gig scsi drive can push results across a 100mbit lan in less than 2 secs.