Hmmm...
http://googledesktop...sktop-update.html
Cheers,
Scott.
(Who has to investigate "new" desktop search options for XP and 7 now...)
Google kills Google Desktop.
Hmmm...
http://googledesktop...sktop-update.html Cheers, Scott. (Who has to investigate "new" desktop search options for XP and 7 now...) |
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Major bummer
Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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Switch to Linux...
"locate" in Linux has done this for for as long as I can recall.
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No
Google desktop did "in file" data.
Locate is just names. |
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The beauty of google desktop
is how it searches Outlook. It is an irreplaceable tool. Searches all folders, even private ones. There is no other tool that does this that I am aware of.
I don't have the option of Linux at work. Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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Vista and 7 search into Outlook.
I live and die by this at work.
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This is why we have Google Mail for work...
Everything is cataloged and searchable.
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Re: This is why we have Google Mail for work...
Well, your email is.
Your documents, not so much. |
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Re: This is why we have Google Mail for work...
And Google Apps.
I can search for anything in my docs and mail. No need for a desktop search. |
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same here but the mail interface is gag, vomit and scat
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Re: same here but the mail interface is gag, vomit and scat
The interface is really awesome.
You must be set in your way. It just plain works. 25G of storage now. Awesome. |
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Re: same here but the mail interface is gag, vomit and scat
regardless of the interface to the cloud, I have 6T of local storage...moving that will be a tad prohibitive. Google's reasoning may be on target for some users, but not all. I'm not going wholesale to the cloud any time soon.
Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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Isn't 90% of that music?
As wonderful (really, supporting you here) as Google desktop is/was, you aren't searching within songs, right? Or does it do that too?
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Re: Isn't 90% of that music?
Audio, video, photographs, all email since migrating to outlook (work and personal), about 15 yrs of work files...from size perspective is the music and the movies...by file count its probably the work related files.
Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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Re: Isn't 90% of that music?
I have 6G of work email, and that's just the stuff that's on my PC. There's probably another 100G on the Exchange server in the shared folders.
If Google Apps fits, then that's cool, but it's woefully inadequate for any kind of serious document or spreadsheet work. And, of course, doesn't support things like DWG at all (we do a fair amount of CAD work). |
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That's why there are document management systems
like Docushare (that's a cheap one) http://docushare.xerox.com/.
Not saying you need it, but eons ago most companies I worked for prohibited large Exchange file shares and forced us to use the DMS for any significant "work in progress" and then "historical" docs. Something tells me others simply kept their stuff in email. |
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Makes you wonder about the Exchange programmers.
I remember various versions of Exchange over the years with limits of storage that were a bit too easy for even moderate sized companies to hit, requiring multiple servers and all the pain that goes with that. IMAP on Maildir scales far easier, though you lose other features.
Wade. Static Scribblings http://staticsan.blogspot.com/
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Is it beneficial to split it?
I have X amount of what I'd consider entertainment bytes. These are never changed, and rarely accessed, and never for work. I could make a couple of copies on a couple of disks and feel safe.
Then I've got Y amount of work/education/social sharing/want always available bytes. In my case, those bytes are only around 20GB. Cloudable. By I can see others who need to track through many generations of emailed back and forth documents, including attached powerpoint and other stuff. That grows huge. So, #1, can you split it, and #2, will it still be too big (or poorly searched), or sensitive (yeah, most people forget sensitive should not go on the cloud), which means it still doesn't matter and doesn't work for you anyway. |
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Re: same here but the mail interface is gag, vomit and scat
the blue light blue and light purple makes it difficult for my eyes to differentiate
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Settings -> Themes -> Candy. HTH! ;-)
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Re: Settings -> Themes -> Desktop, thank you!
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Giving Locate32 a shot.
I've started using a few of the Windows 7 gadgets (Yahoo's/Konfabulator's seem too flaky) to replace the Google Desktop gadgets. For desktop searching, I'm giving Locate32 a shot - I've just installed it.
http://www.locate32.net/ (using the latest "daily" from July). (Via this review from October - http://www.techsuppo...earch-utility.htm - and reading about the cited "tweaks" to Winders 7 Search.) Unfortunately, it seems to have been orphaned after September. http://locate32.net/...pic.php?f=8&t=689 Oh well. HTH. Cheers, Scott. |
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Back to Google Desktop.
My issues with GD seem to have been due to my Samsung 640 GB drive acting flaky. After replacing the drive with a 750 GB Seagate hybrid over the weekend (see #55261 - http://iwt.mikevital....iwt?postid=55261 ), I reinstalled GDS yesterday and its continuing to index without issues.
But I somehow lost the ability to use Calendar plugin (just as a desktop calendar - I don't have anything in the cloud). I found this version which seems to work fine: http://www.noisymime...dex.html#download I get to turn off the Winders 7 gadgets now. Yay! Cheers, Scott. |