April 4th, 2007
Google Desktop for the Mac released
Google today released Google Desktop for the Mac (v.1.0.0.155) a free universal binary application that indexes your Mac's hard drive, including applications, files, PDFs, and Web histories from Safari, Firefox, and Camino.
Google Desktop is invoked by pressing the Command/Apple key twice and blows Spotlight away in terms of speed. After entering a few characters gDesktop displays live search results which you then arrow or mouse through and click or press return to launch. Preferences are embedded into the OS X System Preferences application and are fairly straight forward (and much more intuitive than Blacktree, Inc.'s QuickSilver.)
gDesktop for Mac (1MB direct download) is being released as a beta. It's already head and shoulders above Spotlight but we'll have to see if it provides a formidable challenge to my favorite launcher/indexer QuickSilver.
Jason D. O'Grady is the editor of PowerPage.org, which has been publishing daily mobile technology news since December 1995. For disclosures on Jason's industry affiliations, click here or to view Jason's full profile click here.
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