Google Desktop for Mac is similar to Spotlight, Mac's built-in search app. Both have various options for sorting and narrowing results, though which is better depends on what you're seeking at the moment. Fortunately, the two can run side by side, and Desktop only adds to your Spotlight experience. What you won't get with this Desktop, however, is the fully featured version available for Windows.
Mac users have been blessed with an easy-to-use tool for searching deep inside documents, not just their file names. So it struck me as odd that Google
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However, after playing with Google Desktop for Mac, I'm partly sold.
Desktop shares many characteristics with the Spotlight search tool that Apple
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However, Desktop, a free download from Google's Web site, goes further in letting you search Web pages you've visited and e-mail Email Marketing Software - Free Demo you've sent and received using Google's Gmail service (You're limited to one account, though). It also keeps previous versions of documents and those you've deleted -- good or bad, depending on your vantage point.
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