Can Quicksilver "churn" a hard drive thru normal use?

acme · 11-07-2009, 07:59 AM

I was wondering whether Quicksilver can prematurely churn contents of a hard drive, or at least the search portion that it uses, simply through every day use?

I wonder this because Quicksilver uses some part of Spotlight (or so I've read..something to this effect) and does its business lickety-split...could it be that just the act of doing that a few hundred times a day could leave the search database a heaping pile of smouldering, tangled-up bits?

thanks!

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Bigc · 11-07-2009, 02:03 PM

I have no idea what "churn" means...

Las_Vegas · 11-07-2009, 02:21 PM

I very highly doubt that Quicksilver makes any changes to the Spotlight index, but simply uses it for searching. This would do very little to shorten the lifespan of your drive.

NaOH · 11-07-2009, 04:03 PM

I'm not even certain that Quicksilver uses Spotlight. I believe it creates its own index of files. I can't remember which location because it's been a while since I used Quicksilver, but my memory is that its indexing files are stored in either ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver or ~/Library/Caches/Quicksilver.

styrafome · 11-07-2009, 05:18 PM

In any case, Quicksilver's "churn" probably doesn't even approach the amount of disk read/write that affect other parts of OS X, like VM swap files, browser caches, and updating your email database.

NovaScotian · 11-07-2009, 06:32 PM

NaOH has got it right; QS stores its indices in ~/Library/Application Support/Indexes/ and it doesn't use Spotlight to do it.

11-07-2009, 07:59 AM	#1
acme Major Leaguer Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 253	Can Quicksilver "churn" a hard drive thru normal use? I was wondering whether Quicksilver can prematurely churn contents of a hard drive, or at least the search portion that it uses, simply through every day use? I wonder this because Quicksilver uses some part of Spotlight (or so I've read..something to this effect) and does its business lickety-split...could it be that just the act of doing that a few hundred times a day could leave the search database a heaping pile of smouldering, tangled-up bits? thanks! a

11-07-2009, 02:21 PM	#3
Las_Vegas League Commissioner Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 5,845	I very highly doubt that Quicksilver makes any changes to the Spotlight index, but simply uses it for searching. This would do very little to shorten the lifespan of your drive. __________________ Las_Vegas -- Ts'i mahnu uterna ot twan ot geifur hingts uto. -- Sometimes I wonder… Why is that Frisbee getting Larger? …and then it hits me. -- Disposable thumbs make me specialer than most animals…

11-07-2009, 04:03 PM	#4
NaOH All Star Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 714	I'm not even certain that Quicksilver uses Spotlight. I believe it creates its own index of files. I can't remember which location because it's been a while since I used Quicksilver, but my memory is that its indexing files are stored in either ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver or ~/Library/Caches/Quicksilver. Last edited by NaOH; 11-07-2009 at 06:33 PM.

11-07-2009, 06:32 PM	#6
NovaScotian Hall of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Halifax, Canada Posts: 3,327	NaOH has got it right; QS stores its indices in ~/Library/Application Support/Indexes/ and it doesn't use Spotlight to do it. __________________ PPC dual-core G5/2.3, OS X 10.5.8; 17" MBP Core 2 Duo/2.6, OS X 10.6.2; VMWare Fusion->Win XP

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11-07-2009, 02:03 PM	#2
Bigc All Star Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 522	I have no idea what "churn" means...

11-07-2009, 05:18 PM	#5
styrafome Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,603	In any case, Quicksilver's "churn" probably doesn't even approach the amount of disk read/write that affect other parts of OS X, like VM swap files, browser caches, and updating your email database.