Using Spotlight
Imagine, if you will, you’ve lost an important file. You can’t figure out where you put it. You do however remember its name. What you need now is the ability to run a search.
In OSX it’s quite easy to find a file you’ve lost. Simply click the little magnifying glass at the top right of the screen and type in the file’s name. You are then instantly presented with results.
This instant search technology on a mac is called spotlight. Windows Vista offers a functionality which is similar. Vista’s instant search is located in the start menu. If you’re using Windows XP google offers an excellent instant search application called Google Desktop.
To activate spotlight, as mentioned before, you can click the magnifying class toward the top right of your screen. Alternatively you have the option to press command+spacebar. This opens the spotlight typing area. You can now start typing. Use your arrow keys to select the file you want and then press enter to open the file. Also, you could click on the specific file you want to open.
Another amazing feature spotlight offers is the ability to do math. It can do some fairly simple stuff such as 1+1 but it also has the ability to do some pretty powerful math such as 10! which is the equivalent of 10×9x8×7x6×5x4×3x2×1.
Spotlight also has the ability to look up definitions. For more details about using spotlight check out the following video.
Video Example - Using Spotlight
