Re: Spotlight anomaly

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Spotlight anomaly
Date	2016-01-16 04:29 +0000
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super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
> Spotlight is one of the most obnoxious features Apple ever came out with 
> as far as I'm concerned. 

Not me. I find Spotlight quite useful. And I'm not alone. It's a good thing
Apple doesn't design operating systems just fit little, old you. : )

> I use Spotless (probably isn't even available 
> on the recent systems) to get rid of it -- both in the menu bar and in 
> the background -- and EasyFind if I need to find something.

EasyFind is nowhere near as fast since it must scan files at the time of
search - especially when searching for content inside of files. 

And disabling Spotlight entirely will break search functionality in many
Apple and third-party applications. No thanks.

> Who cares about "learning" what you search for the most 

I do, particularly when It means I don't have to type as much to find what
I want. Spotlight saves me time in that respect - something I appreciate.

> -- is it worth 
> the HD being commandeered all the time without your 
> knowledge/permission? Not to me.

That simply hasn't been a problem for many of us. You'd like us to ignore
that, I suppose. Sorry - not happening.

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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Spotlight anomaly John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2016-01-14 23:25 -0500
  Re: Spotlight anomaly Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-01-15 08:54 -0500
    Re: Spotlight anomaly John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2016-01-15 12:49 -0500
      Re: Spotlight anomaly John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2016-01-15 14:50 -0500
        Re: Spotlight anomaly Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-15 20:00 +0000
      Re: Spotlight anomaly Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-01-16 19:18 -0500
    Re: Spotlight anomaly super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> - 2016-01-15 20:20 -0600
      Re: Spotlight anomaly JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-01-15 22:40 -0500
        Re: Spotlight anomaly Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-16 04:22 +0000
      Re: Spotlight anomaly Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-16 04:29 +0000
        Re: Spotlight anomaly isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2016-01-16 09:50 -0800
          Re: Spotlight anomaly Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-16 18:20 +0000
            Re: Spotlight anomaly Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-01-17 02:45 +0000
              Re: Spotlight anomaly Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-17 04:30 +0000
                Re: Spotlight anomaly Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-01-17 07:13 +0000
                Re: Spotlight anomaly Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-17 20:46 +0000
                Re: Spotlight anomaly Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-01-18 01:39 +0000
                Re: Spotlight anomaly Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-18 04:17 +0000
                Re: Spotlight anomaly Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-01-18 10:35 +0000
                Re: Spotlight anomaly Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-18 16:05 +0000
              Re: Spotlight anomaly isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2016-01-16 21:02 -0800
                Re: Spotlight anomaly Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-01-17 07:16 +0000
      Re: Spotlight anomaly Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-01-16 19:16 -0500
        Re: Spotlight anomaly Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-17 00:20 +0000
          Re: Spotlight anomaly dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2016-01-17 12:59 +1100
        Re: Spotlight anomaly Elden Fenison <usenet@moondog.org> - 2016-01-31 23:10 -0600
          Re: Spotlight anomaly Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-02-01 18:06 +0000
      Re: Spotlight anomaly John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2016-01-17 11:55 -0500
        Re: Spotlight anomaly Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-01-17 12:26 -0500
        Re: Spotlight anomaly Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-01-17 18:07 +0000
        Re: Spotlight anomaly isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2016-01-17 10:20 -0800
        Re: Spotlight anomaly super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> - 2016-01-17 23:43 -0600
          Re: Spotlight anomaly Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-18 06:11 +0000
            Re: Spotlight anomaly super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> - 2016-01-18 14:14 -0600
              Re: Spotlight anomaly Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-18 20:50 +0000
              Re: Spotlight anomaly Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-01-19 04:22 +0000
          Re: Spotlight anomaly Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-01-18 10:36 +0000
            Re: Spotlight anomaly super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> - 2016-01-18 13:52 -0600
              Re: Spotlight anomaly Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-18 20:48 +0000

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