Google Desktop Now for Macs
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Google Desktop 1.0 is now available for Macs, the search giant announced Wednesday. The software is more basic than its Windows counterpart, focusing strictly on searching for files, e-mails and Web pages. A "Quick Search Box" resides on the desktop and displays results to queries in a dropdown menu.
Like Spotlight, which is built into Mac OS X, Google Desktop indexes the entire computer in the background. It can also pull up Gmail and Web history, in addition to integrating with Google's Web search by adding a "Desktop" link. Unlike Google Desktop for Windows, the Mac version does not currently include the Google Sidebar or e-mail client integration.