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Get Info on any file from Spotlight

Get Info on any file from Spotlight

24. Jan, 2010 1 Comment

One small keyboard shortcut, one giant leap of useful information.

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Finder, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Tiger
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Snow Leopard: Preview allows search operators

Snow Leopard: Preview allows search operators

01. Dec, 2009 2 Comments

Preview gained some better search tools in Snow Leopard, including quotes for specific phrases and asterisk for wildcards.

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Apple apps, Finder
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Safari: Quickly switch from Top Sites to a Cover Flow history view

Safari: Quickly switch from Top Sites to a Cover Flow history view

23. Nov, 2009 2 Comments

Here’s a quick shortcut for switching from Safari 4’s Top Sites view to a full-page Cover Flow view of your history.

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Safari
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Snow Leopard: Spotlight now requires less case-sensitivity

28. Oct, 2009 0 Comments

in Snow Leopard (de) you don’t have to capitalize attributes any longer. In 10.5 to restrict your search to music you had to write exactly ”Art:Musik.” In 10.6: “art:musik” works properly.

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Snow Leopard
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Snow Leopard: Man Pages in Terminal

08. Oct, 2009 0 Comments

The help search feature in Snow Leopard’s Terminal now searches man pages, as well as menu options.

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General
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Tweak Spotlight in Finder to search system files

02. Oct, 2009 0 Comments

You may have found that Spotlight does not search through system files (ie. your Library folder). However, there is a way to search your system files using Spotlight from the Finder. After beginning your search in Spotlight, the trick is to  select “Show All” files to open a Finder window with that search. Then, click [...]

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General
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