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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!
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Anonymous said…
Don't forget you can get full definitions by typing in the word, no need to open dictionary!
September 25, 2008 at 6:35 AM
Bob Kuivanen said…
Spotlight sure is a very essential part of OS X! Thanks, josh!
September 29, 2008 at 3:58 PM
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