Filed under: Productivity, Internet Tools
Google Importer - search Google with Spotlight
Google Importer is a Spotlight plug-in that can add a Google search to the list of results Spotlight returns. It is installed as a System Preferences pane with options to adjust how many results are gathered from Google, whether to show a link to an actual Google results page, and how many seconds to wait after the last key is typed to begin searching Google. Note: that last option only adjusts how long Spotlight waits to search Google, not the rest of your computer like many users have been asking for.
I haven't tinkered around with this, but it sounds like a nice idea as long as it doesn't hang the Spotlight search too much. Google Importer is donationware and available from Caffeinated Cocoa Software.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Alex said 7:06PM on 5-01-2006
Is it me or does the google file logo make you feel like you're in the OS9 again?
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Samual Icky said 7:54PM on 5-01-2006
I would like it if I was able to just search my gmail and gCal accounts... I don't need it to do the web.
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jhonattan Brito said 12:08AM on 5-02-2006
man I've been wating for this since tiger came out. I was about to learn some programing skill and build it my self, it came just in time.
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kansir said 1:13PM on 5-02-2006
I can't uninstall this !!!
I have delete all the files which is related to Google Importer, and i empty trash too.
However, every time i restart my iMac, Google Importer comes back.
How can i uninstall this ????
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ezy_rider said 4:31PM on 5-28-2006
To uninstall google importer: http://www.caffeinatedcocoa.com/support.html
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