Yosemite Spotlight Basics
Yosemite has brought us a brand new design for Spotlight and made it completely more awesome. Here are the basics.
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Main Points:
- Launch Spotlight: ⌘ + Space
- Launch Spotlight inside Finder: Option + ⌘ + Space
- Clear Search: esc
- Close Spotlight: esc esc
- Open First Term: Enter
- Navigate results: down arrow & up arrow
- Navigate jump categories: ⌘+ down & up arrow
- View item in Finder: ⌘ + Enter
Calculator function:
- Copy Result: ⌘ + C
Advanced Searches (Apple Advanced Spotlight Searching):
- kind:pdf marketing
- kind:images created:8/27/13
- kind:application
- kind:pdf
- kind:jpeg
- kind:docx
- kind:key
- kind:pages
- kind:folder
- kind:image
- kind:audio
- date:today
- date:yesterday
Leave your ninja related questions and comments below...
Training Information
Action Tips:
Go ahead and get used to Spotlight. It should be a pillar of your Mac use for launching applications, finding files, opening folders, and even more cool stuff. Definitely practice some of the shortcuts from the lesson.
2 Comments
Frederick
April 18, 2015Great course so far. I agree that an app launcher is a time saver. I use spotlight and Alfred. If I do use the launcher then why have a Dock?
If you recommend not to minimize multiple windows/desktops does then does that use more CPU’s than if the window/desktop were minimize or doesn’t make any difference?
I agree that a lot of the widgets can be placed on the Notification side bar. I do find that handy; however some widgets like Stickey notes and APOD viewer I like on my Dashboard so for me it works like another Desktop. I use hand gestures Mission Control style to jump back and forth. So my point is that I am not dashing away to dump my Dashboard just yet, but your points are well taken and worth considering.
Fred
Tharyn
April 20, 2015Hey again Fred!
Great points! Why have a Dock. Most times it just sits there, but on very rare occasion it can be nice to have. But I probably click it or use its functions once every few days.
Also, whether something is minimized or not, the CPU will still be the same. However, Yosemite is very smart in that it will prioritize whatever you’re using the most. So a smaller app, like Preview, or Itunes, can sit in the background with little to no effect.
Yeah, and Dashboard is still very nifty at times. Even though I’ve turned mine off, if you still use it, keep it on. The system resources are hardly noticeable, so don’t worry about that much.
Thanks for commenting and letting me know your thoughts! It means a lot to me.
Cheers,
Tharyn
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