Google chief executive Eric Schmidt says that Google has plans to release a version of its desktop search tool for computers running on the Mac operating system. He did not set a timetable for a Mac version of Google Desktop, saying it had to be rebuilt from the ground up because of the fundamental differences between the Mac OS and Windows.
So far Google has not targeted any other operating system other than Windows. This will be the first time Google will move away from that trend.
UPDATE: Nathan Weinberg of InsideGoogle dug a little deeper on this story, and it is basically a non-story. The report from Reuters (et. al.) was taken out of context and highly exaggerated.
What Schmidt actually said was "yes and no", that a Mac version would require a new project from the ground up, and that while Google would like to, it wasn't planning anything.
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