Spotlight Re: [iBook] Dual USB G3 iBook 500mHz/640MB RAM/10GB HD -- Tiger or Panther?

[Fred Stevens K2FRD]

I gave up on Spotlight several Tiger incarnations ago (now at 10.4.6).Much, much too slow (got really, really tired of seeing the thingie going round and round without grinding out anything) and, as you mentioned, it missed a lot. Based on a lead somebody on this list gave, I switched to EasyFind, a freeware from Devon Industries
http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/freeware/ which works a LOT faster and, as far as I know, hasn't missed anything. In fact, it's found files and folders I either didn't know I had or had forgotten them.

Vent away... I've never been that fond of Tiger, at least the earlier versions. Either Tiger improved or I've adapted. I *DO* like Dashboard and all the widgets.

Fred

At 1:04 PM -0500 5/30/06, Mike Urseth wrote:
>On a related note: Is anybody else underwhelmed with the Spotlight search functions? Sure, it comes up fast, but I've had issues of accuracy. Files that I "know" I have (and have subsequently found) don't show up. Also, the lack of a path makes it difficult to find related files. I don't always want to open a file that I'm looking for.
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>Just venting...