Hi Chris: As regards your last question, it could be the algorithm that Google uses. I'd used Google DS before and found it scary. I wonder how much of what it indexes could be online. Just wondering...
Mykel On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:06 AM, Kris Tilford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was having a search issue where I wasn't getting complete search > results in Mail.app. In a Mail search the "entire message" search > field was dimmed and non-functional. It was not obvious this was a > Spotlight issue, so I wasted a lot of time and effort on trashing Mail > preferences, and rebuilding Mailboxes, and other things within > Mail.app when the problem was really a Spotlight issue. When I > eventually figure this out and tried to reindex Spotlight using a > Terminal command, I got an error message. Evidently my Spotlight was > disabled somehow? I figured out how to re-enable it, and then > reindexed, and all was fine. > > Needless to say, this process of troubleshooting was longer than I'd > like to admit. In the interim, I installed Google Desktop Search as a > replacement for my crippled Mail.app/Spotlight search. After I > repaired Spotlight, I decided to test these two search apps head-to- > head. > > I selected three rather obscure terms that I knew had many hits, and > searched in both. To my surprise, Google came up short on all three. > But when I compared the results, the only thing missing was most of > the Safari Web History link hits, which to me weren't that important. > In each search, Google did report finding one or two Safari History > hits, but Spotlight was finding 10 or 20. I'm slightly baffled at why > one specific type of file would be under-represented in my tests? The > results for emails, files, folders, etc. was all otherwise identical > for both. > > I've barely used Google Desktop, but it searches very fast, and gets > nearly identical results as Spotlight. I think the results are easier > to browse than Spotlight. I know people have complained of the > overhead for Spotlight. My results indicate that if you're having > Spotlight issues, you might consider disabling Spotlight completely > and using Google Desktop Search instead. Google is fast, and seems to > work well. I'm slightly baffled at why one specific type of file would > be under-represented in my tests. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
