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Spotlight followup - Even More!


Alex has commented to the previous post that Spotlight is integrated with Calculator. Here is a screen shot showing how to use it:

In this instance 58 x 8 = 464 (using the asterisk as the multiplier symbol)

Great tip, Alex!

Comments

Anonymous said…
Don't forget you can get full definitions by typing in the word, no need to open dictionary!
Bob Kuivanen said…
Spotlight sure is a very essential part of OS X! Thanks, josh!

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