How to do a Google search with the data on your Mac Spotlight

Do you have a lot of documents in your Google Docs account, or it may be a lot of pictures in your Picasa account? If you do, you may find it convenient to be able to search through them all to your Mac via Spotlight. If you already use Spotlight to search for files, applications, documents, events, and more on your Mac, do not make sense to use Spotlight to search your data through the cloud too?
strong deposited /> / strong is the preference panel application that allows you to retrieve data from Google on the Mac. Google Docs, Google Bookmarks, and Picasa Web Albums can be found using Spotlight on your Mac. It works by “making files on your computer that is imported by Spotlight, then periodically check the server and update the local files to reflect the changes.” Just know that these changes can take up to an hour, you have to be patient

1. Google to search for data on your Mac., You must download the application was deposited in the official Google Project Hosting Web. There are two versions of the sediment you can download: versions for Mac and 10.4 below and another version for Mac 10.5 and

2 .. To install sediment, unzip the file and double-click to install the new components in the System Preferences

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3. Once the System Preferences to close and open it again, you will see a new panel of deposition shown in the “others.”

4. He’s not much to precipitate formation, it can be done in 30 seconds or less you have to enter your Google Account username (username and password). and then select the services you want to sync (Google Bookmarks, Google Docs, Picasa Web Albums)

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5. A Once you click “Update Now”, you will need to “Allow” access to your Google Account deposited in the keychain. If you select “Always Allow”, you will not always give permission every time you refresh your account.

6. As above, it could take up to an hour to synchronize your data with Spotlight all depends on how many bookmarks, documents and images you have in your account .. to my Picasa account, it n ‘take a few minutes. However, Google Docs account about ten minutes.

7 When finished,. You can begin to search for Spotlight bookmarks, documents and / or images (depending on the service you select in the preferences panel).

8. Google product displays in your account under “Documents” in Spotlight and have a special icon next to them, letting you know that they are from Google Docs, etc. When you select an item, it will open in a new tab in your default browser. Discuss practice

9 precipitated You can update as often as you like .. Unfortunately, it does not recharge itself, so you have to remember to do -. especially if you are constantly adding new documents, bookmarks, and / or images to your Google Account

precipitated Although not updated in a little over a year, it still works I’ve got. no problems at all with it, and I can not find any reason not to use Spotlight to search data Google on the Mac.

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