"I can't comment on what the Reuters reporter heard or reported, but I can clear up any confusion by saying now that Google has not announced or decided one way or another on developing Google Desktop for the Mac " A Google Spokesman told the press.

This implies that Reuters heard wrong, and therefore their report was completely wrong. Reuters reported that Google was about to develop the tool for MAC OS X; however, it is proved now that they were wrong.

In addition, Apple Computer is currently developing an internal search engine called Spotlight for MAC OS X in order to search files with the computer locally with multiple features. It is also logical that Google wouldn't be interested in doing the same thing for the MAC because Apple is already developing a search engine that comes internally in the MAC OS X.