Re: spotlight search is wonderful!

2010-07-09 Thread Joel Zimba
spotlight is like a stripped down version of quicksilver. alas, most of qs is accessible except the list of files which presents a small problem... If anyone has found a way around this, please let me know. On Jul 9, 2010, at 9:04 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Oh, that's cool! I never knew

Re: spotlight search is wonderful!

2010-07-09 Thread Carolyn
John Andre: Thanks for adding this info. This Mac gets more like magic for me every day.:) Carolyn - Original Message - From: John André Netland To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 12:56 AM Subject: Re: spotlight search is wonderful! Yes, but

Re: spotlight search is wonderful!

2010-07-09 Thread Donna Goodin
Oh, that's cool! I never knew that. thanks! Donna On Jul 9, 2010, at 2:56 AM, John André Netland wrote: > Yes, but you can also use Spotlight to get definitions for words. Write any > word in the search field, and you will get a definition list with related > words and a description/explanatio

Re: spotlight search is wonderful!

2010-07-08 Thread John André Netland
Yes, but you can also use Spotlight to get definitions for words. Write any word in the search field, and you will get a definition list with related words and a description/explanation of the term. Try for example with the word hilarious and see the result. Also, you can use Spotlight as a quic

Re: spotlight search is wonderful!

2010-07-08 Thread Chris Moore
What does the Mac do that Windows doesn't? I am just curious and wonder how Snow Leopard compares to Windows 7, we use XP at work (awful) but not used 7 yet. You can email me off list if you prefer. On 9 Jul 2010, at 06:53, Dave Taylor wrote: > Do you know, I was thinking about that very issue

RE: spotlight search is wonderful!

2010-07-08 Thread Dave Taylor
Do you know, I was thinking about that very issue earlier and decided that yet another ms feature has to be ditched right now. I know of a PC search that will work better, but the idea of one OS that just does what I want it to in a pretty consistent way gets more appealing by the day. I get my han