Hi Jane,
It is certainly something to consider
Thanks
Best Wishes
James
On 8 Sep 2007, at 02:43, Jane Lee wrote:
Hey James -
I just have no need for Spotlight. The only reason why I would ever
even touch Spotlight is to use it as an application launcher, but I
have quicksilver (http://blacktree.com) for that. Otherwise Spotlight
just hogs resources on my computer I hardly have for the applications
and processes I actually have a need for and use, let alone anything
else.
As for the directions:
For Dashboard, open Terminal.app in your Utilities folder in
Applications. Type in the following line: defaults write
com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES.
Afterwards, either restart the dock by typing in "killall Dock" or
just log out and log back in.
For Spotlight, it's a lot more complicated and dangerous. Do keep in
mind that if you disable spotlight, certain applications that use
Spotlight will no longer work or will stop working as expected. Off
the top of my head I know Mozy doesn't work (and their Mac support
guys are really stupid about this..), and searching your mail from
Mail.app will also become impossible. Spotlight's scattered all over
the place in many apps, so the list is certainly longer.
But if you can deal with that and if you're familiar with Terminal and
commands, this shouldn't be too difficult:
http://lifehacker.com/software/mac-tip/permanently-disable-
spotlight-286135.php
hope that helps,
cheers,
jane
On 9/7/07, James Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi jane,
You disabled Dashboard and Spotlight? How do you do this please? I
can kind of understand why you'd want to disable Dashboard if you are
not a Widget user, but why would you disabled Spotlight? Just
curious.
Thanks
James
