Comments on: Spotlight must die (or get its act straight) http://oscarbonilla.com/2006/06/spotlight-must-die-or-get-its-act-straight/ Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:28:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anonymous http://oscarbonilla.com/2006/06/spotlight-must-die-or-get-its-act-straight/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Anonymous Fri, 02 Jun 2006 12:31:00 +0000 http://blog.oscarbonilla.com/?p=17#comment-14 Just get the free EasyFind here :<br/><br/>http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/freeware/<br/><br/>You'll never need anything else ;) Just get the free EasyFind here :

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]]> By: Anonymous http://oscarbonilla.com/2006/06/spotlight-must-die-or-get-its-act-straight/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Anonymous Fri, 02 Jun 2006 09:29:00 +0000 http://blog.oscarbonilla.com/?p=17#comment-13 I'm with Khalid. I have an iMac and only have troubles with spotlight on my external USB hard drive. I turned off caching for that drive and everything's fine now. I’m with Khalid. I have an iMac and only have troubles with spotlight on my external USB hard drive. I turned off caching for that drive and everything’s fine now.

]]> By: Khalid http://oscarbonilla.com/2006/06/spotlight-must-die-or-get-its-act-straight/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Khalid Fri, 02 Jun 2006 08:39:00 +0000 http://blog.oscarbonilla.com/?p=17#comment-12 I don't seem to have such problems with Spotlight.... according to Activity Monitor, mdimport is consistently at 0.00% CPU usage and I haven't noticed any 5 second lockups. I don’t seem to have such problems with Spotlight…. according to Activity Monitor, mdimport is consistently at 0.00% CPU usage and I haven’t noticed any 5 second lockups.

]]> By: Josh http://oscarbonilla.com/2006/06/spotlight-must-die-or-get-its-act-straight/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Josh Fri, 02 Jun 2006 01:56:00 +0000 http://blog.oscarbonilla.com/?p=17#comment-11 I use MSN Desktop search in Windows. I've neer noticed any slow down and the interface seems nicer than the few times I've used Google. I use MSN Desktop search in Windows. I’ve neer noticed any slow down and the interface seems nicer than the few times I’ve used Google.

]]> By: Anonymous http://oscarbonilla.com/2006/06/spotlight-must-die-or-get-its-act-straight/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Anonymous Fri, 02 Jun 2006 01:35:00 +0000 http://blog.oscarbonilla.com/?p=17#comment-10 See also: http://jwz.livejournal.com/618656.html<br/><br/>JWZ has some other insights into Spotlight. See also: http://jwz.livejournal.com/618656.html

JWZ has some other insights into Spotlight.

]]> By: Anonymous http://oscarbonilla.com/2006/06/spotlight-must-die-or-get-its-act-straight/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Anonymous Thu, 01 Jun 2006 23:33:00 +0000 http://blog.oscarbonilla.com/?p=17#comment-9 Google search slows windows down terribly too. Not only that but it doesn't search every file and it certainly doesn't catalog metadata.<br/><br/>I guess you can't have it both ways. Google search slows windows down terribly too. Not only that but it doesn’t search every file and it certainly doesn’t catalog metadata.

I guess you can’t have it both ways.

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