[X4U] Thoughts on Spotlight?

[T. Patrick Henebry]

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T. Patrick Henebry
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On May 1, 2005, at 6:23 PM, Robert Ameeti wrote:

>> I'll try that trick after getting and installing the GM;  
>> hopefully, tomorrow. However, that option should be available in  
>> Spotlight and users shouldn't be forced into using the CLI. That's  
>> the same nonsensical
>> "engineering" decision that removed the "disable journaling" tool  
>> from Disk Utility and forces people to use the CLI diskutil tool.  
>> For Apple to offer a UI application, which uses the CLI tools, and  
>> then cripple it is IMHO unconscionable behavior on their part.
>>
>
> Huh? Apple has learned that people muck with the System folder and  
> then cry. For the very few that need to search it, the capability  
> is there. Better to leave the dangerous tools out of the toolbox  
> that every user gets by default.

> Apple has also watched people turn off journaling when they  
> shouldn't be. Way too many people do things just because they can  
> without any real understanding of what the result will be

>

Boy have you got *that* right!

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T. Patrick Henebry
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