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Ivan's picture

Quick calculations with Spotlight

calculationDid you know that you can do quick math calculations with Spotlight?

Forget the Calculator.app, just type the numbers into the Spotlight search input box and get instant results.

It's even faster that typing calculations into Google.

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bocciaman's picture
65 pencils

I honestly don't think the trick your showing above works on every mac as a standard.

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A.B.

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bocciaman's picture
65 pencils

Maybe its only with Leopard?

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A.B.

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Ivan's picture

I'm afraid so. Can anyone confirm?

thornysarus's picture
926 pencils

Must be a Leopard thing. God, I have to upgrade. ;)

Terrell Thornhill

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Ivan's picture

You can probably wait for 10.6 now.

steveballmer's picture
627 pencils

This is amazing! You should really buy a Mac!

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inhalerz's picture
2 pencils

Thanks Ivan for the tip! Guess what. Simply key in any word and you will get the meaning of it from the Dictionary app as well.

Cheers,
J

mbennett2's picture
425 pencils

Nice tip.

GianMarco Tavazzani's picture
1 pencil

The problem is that we can't copy the result to paste it where useful!

GianMarco Tavazzani, Monza (Milan), Italy

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