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Search with Spotlight
Spotlight is an easy way to nd anything on your iMac, such as documents, contacts, calendar
events, and email messages. Spotlight Suggestions oer info from Wikipedia articles, Bing search
results, news, sports, weather, stocks, movies, and other sources.
When you search with Spotlight, the preview area on the right provides search results you can
interact with—make a call, send an email message, play a song, get directions, even convert
currencies. Spotlight can provide answers to math questions or dene words, all on your desktop.
Interact with the
preview in Spotlight.
Get weather, stocks, sports,
transit info, and more.
Search for anything. Click at the top right of the screen or press Command–Space bar, then
start typing.
Preview your results. Click a search result and view it in the preview on the right. Sometimes
that’s all you need to do—click items or links right in the preview. You can also double-click
a result to open it.
Find your les fast. Scroll to the bottom of the results list, then double-click “Show all in Finder.”
Open an app. Type the app name in Spotlight, then press Return.
Turn o Spotlight Suggestions. If you want Spotlight to search only for items on your iMac, you
can turn o Spotlight Suggestions in Spotlight preferences. Click the System Preferences icon
in the Dock, click Spotlight, then click to deselect Spotlight Suggestions. Make any other changes
you want to the list of categories Spotlight searches.
Note: Not all features of Spotlight Suggestions are available in all languages or regions, and
some features may vary by region.
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