R~ You should put together a demo with timings, or invite others to do so—concerns about speed hits are the #2 reason people shirk from SS, right after concerns for stability.

This is an extremely negligible speedhit. I mean on the nanosecond scale here. And OS X only opens most files once so you're getting this hit once. I've noticed that humans can't t…

Quote: Originally Posted by goMac Actually, MrMister is right. Every time the system tries to open a file ShapeShifter will add the overhead of actually checking to see if it's …

Quote: Originally Posted by nooon Does this apply for all APEs or just Shapeshifter? Not sure, the only ones I have used is Mighty Mouse for a few days and ShapeShifter.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kevin Yes SS does slow your system down. One of the main reasons I don't use it. The very same reason I stopped using Kaleidoscope. Anytime you open …

Yes SS does slow your system down. One of the main reasons I don't use it. The very same reason I stopped using Kaleidoscope. Anytime you open a new Finder window, SS is slower tha…

Quote: Originally Posted by rhythmicmoose "Always" is a bit strong. It really only does so during the rappelling and snatching steps. After that. There should be no effect on th…

Quote: Originally Posted by mrmister Which is why SS always sucks up system resources. *Always*. "Always" is a bit strong. It really only does so during the rappelling and…

Quote: Originally Posted by mrmister "What I think goMac is trying to say is something like this: ShapeShifter is acting like a secret agent who infiltrates your office and repl…

Quote: Originally Posted by MindFad Suddenly you care about Spotlight? [/fans flames] Actually... I was about to remove the spotlight menu... but, I was a little curious …

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, say it ain't so. My ShapeShifer is pure!

Suddenly you care about Spotlight? [/fans flames]

Oh... I understand now. Sorry for wasting everyone's time with a stupid question. Duh... I should have know all that developer stuff... what was I thinking??? By the way... I run …

+1!

"What I think goMac is trying to say is something like this: ShapeShifter is acting like a secret agent who infiltrates your office and replaces your files every time you go to loo…

this thread sucks. not surprising considering.... aren't you supposed to be on panther anyways.... ugh.

Quote: Originally Posted by TheSpaz I got lost in all of that Programmer language stuff. So basically those files are not actually in that folder... or am I wrong? Let’s sa…

Ah.. the great Namdnar Speaks! Sheesh... R

Fud

Quote: Originally Posted by TheSpaz So what I want to know... how did the name of that file change? ShapeShifter must have done SOMETHING to Search.bundle to rename those System…

So what I want to know... how did the name of that file change? ShapeShifter must have done SOMETHING to Search.bundle to rename those System files or replace what was in there. I'…

I got lost in all of that Programmer language stuff. So basically those files are not actually in that folder... or am I wrong? What would happen if I was running a ShapeShifter t…

Quote: Originally Posted by BatmanPPC nope, doesnt modify the file .. do this in terminal and see for yourself: % cp /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/Resourc…

It doesn't modify the file per say. It tricks the file system into pointing to a different file instead of the one in the system folder. Spotlight finds MDSearchWidget_Pressed, and…

Quote: Originally Posted by TheSpaz For those of you who thought shapeshifter was so great because it doesn't modify System files... you are wrong. Look at what I found. I insta…