I have always loved Google. From Google Apps to the can’t-live-without-it Gmail, Google makes software that has really changed the way I use computers and the Internet for good. Today, there is a new reason to love Google: they have introduced Google Desktop for the Mac.

According to their press release, this application will “provide users the same fast and comprehensive search functionality they’ve grown accustomed to on the web to search the full text of all information on their hard drive, including e-mail, files, music, and photos.”

It seems to work much in the same way as Apple’s Spotlight, but it includes search for my Gmail account and Web, something that Spotlight does not do — at least not without some help. Like most Google software, Desktop is elegant and easy to use. It took a bit of time to index my PowerBook’s files, then after that searching was as easy as hitting my command key twice.

Thanks, again, Google.