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Examining Mac OS X 10.4's Spotlight

Posted by michael on from the seek-and-ye-shall-find dept.

Ton writes "Apple has published a discussion of Spotlight, the radical systemwide search technology that will be part of Mac OS X 10.4 'Tiger'. The really interesting part is that metadata will be playing a big role in Spotlight while just a few years ago people were afraid metadata in Mac OS X was going the way of the dodo."

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  1. German tanks? by Zedrick · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's up with apple and German tanks? First the Panther (http://www.achtungpanzer.com/pz4.htm#panther) and now the Tiger (http://www.achtungpanzer.com/tigerp.htm). What's next, the Leopard? When apple releases Mac OS 1x.x Leopard II, then I'm buying a Macintosh!

  2. lock your screens by TVC15 · · Score: 5, Funny


    I've tried Spotlight and suggest that when it comes out, every time you step away from your computer make sure to lock your screen. All someone has to do is type 'porn' into the little search toolbar and within seconds it's all nicely listed.

    Perhaps Apple needs to add a feature to turn off indexing for certain directories. ;-)

  3. Re:What's so special about searching by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmmm. This sounds a little dangerous. It will make it much too easy for the wife to find your porn collection, your AOL-IM sessions with that weird Goth chick, the draft of your divorce papers, etc. I AM NOT UPGRADING TO TIGER.