Google Desktop For Mac OS X First Impressions [verdict: solid, feels slower than Spotlight]

So watchword in the Valley is that Google and Apple are still going out , going dutch at Mel ’s parkway - In and doing naughty things at Apple dad ’s garage . Now Google want to get the relationship one step further without putting insistency on Apple and has released Google Desktop for Mac OS X.

It index applications , chain mail messages , PDFs and all kinds of files affirm by Spotlight ’s plug - ins , as well as the history of all your entanglement browsers and Gmail . It will even keep raceway of edit Indian file . After trying it , it feels irksome than Spotlight in my PowerBook ( perhaps in a MacBook it will be dissimilar , since it ’s a Universal coating ) , but it ’s quite decent and firm for a genus Beta . More first impressions after the jumping .

The apparatus process is painless . The install program even includes a control panel to “ explore ” and install Google apps for Mac OS X , which at this point includes Google Desktop , Google Earth , Gmail notifier and the Picassa Uploader .

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After it ’s installed , you may double over tap the Command / Apple key and the widget — which is not Dashboard , but an independent app — will appear on top of the windows . Like Spotlight , Google Desktop will start look the present moment you spell in the first letters of your query . The response is honorable , but limelight seems to derive up with the results quicker , no doubt a result of being incorporate at the Indian file system level .

The widget will submit you with the top 10 results , a number that can be changed up to 15 result from the preferences , which are integrated with Apple ’s System Preferences . From here you could also authenticate with Gmail , so it presents both your local and Internet ring armour results in the same window .

If you desire , you’re able to also get at Google Desktop from Safari or any other web browser app by either accessing it from the bill of fare legal community image ( which can be activated from the preferences ) or by select one of the bottom options of the gizmo resolution listing . Doing this will give you extended results just like Google does on the Web . The hunting will even display results from blue-pencil papers , something which Spotlight will probably let in in Leopard thanks to Time Machine .

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