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1. ryandrake · 1791149394 · focus · HN ↗

   Reminds me of all the de-crufting you've always needed to do when you install Windows. Looks like we've gotten to the point on macOS too, where you need to run third party scripts on a new OS installation to gain back control of your system resources and remove unwanted crapware.

   1. azinman2 · 1791149858 · focus · HN ↗

      What makes you call it crapware? The new spotlight search (from Siri) is amazing and super convenient.

      1. therein · 1791150775 · focus · HN ↗

         Can it now consistently find things in /Applications when I type the full name?

         That's revolutionary.

         1. trollbridge · 1791152385 · focus · HN ↗

            No.

            I made my own “pseudo spotlight” and mapped it to ⌘-Space specifically for this. It just goes against old fashioned locate/updatedb, but with a very quick check against /Applications first + running the search query through bc and if it’s valid syntax, showing the math result.

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