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Technology Brief
Mac OS X: Spotlight
Mac OS X: Spotlight
Using Spotlight
The Spotlight search field is a permanent fixture of the Mac OS X system menu, so it’s
ready for you all the time, from any application. A click on the menu or a hot key of
your choice lets you begin your search. As soon as you start typing in the search field,
Spotlight displays the most relevant search results. With each character you type, it
refines the results and updates the list. It’s that easy—and that fast—to search every-
thing on your computer.
ready for you all the time, from any application. A click on the menu or a hot key of
your choice lets you begin your search. As soon as you start typing in the search field,
Spotlight displays the most relevant search results. With each character you type, it
refines the results and updates the list. It’s that easy—and that fast—to search every-
thing on your computer.
Access the Spotlight menu directly from the system menu.
Your search begins as you type in the search field that appears.
The Spotlight menu expands to display everything that matches your search rule.
Immediate results are organized by category and kept to a maximum of 20 items.
Immediate results are organized by category and kept to a maximum of 20 items.
The most relevant result, called the Top Hit, is placed at the top.
Rich search vocabulary
To help you search your system, Spotlight has an extended vocabulary that includes
category- and time-related terminology.
category- and time-related terminology.
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Categories. Spotlight groups related file types under category words. For example, if
you’re looking for a presentation that may have been created in Keynote, AppleWorks,
or PowerPoint—but you don’t know which—you can type “kind:presentation” to locate
all of the files that have a file type in the presentation category. You can do the same
with images, music, movies, and other categories of files.
you’re looking for a presentation that may have been created in Keynote, AppleWorks,
or PowerPoint—but you don’t know which—you can type “kind:presentation” to locate
all of the files that have a file type in the presentation category. You can do the same
with images, music, movies, and other categories of files.
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Time last viewed. Type “date:yesterday” or “date:last week” to find data and files based
on when you last opened them.
on when you last opened them.
To refine your search further, you can string words together. For example, if you want
to find all the images you’ve opened today, just type “kind:image date:today.”
to find all the images you’ve opened today, just type “kind:image date:today.”
The Spotlight Menu
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Metadata: Data about data
Metadata is data about a file, rather than
the actual content stored in the file. Every
file on your computer includes metadata. For
example, a file can include information on its
author, the date it was created, its copyright
date, the camera a photo was taken with, or
the person who emailed you a document.
With the ability to recognize many metadata
attributes, Spotlight makes your searches
more powerful and more precise.
Metadata is data about a file, rather than
the actual content stored in the file. Every
file on your computer includes metadata. For
example, a file can include information on its
author, the date it was created, its copyright
date, the camera a photo was taken with, or
the person who emailed you a document.
With the ability to recognize many metadata
attributes, Spotlight makes your searches
more powerful and more precise.