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5 Things You Never Knew About Spotlight

Written on December 03, 2008 by Lisa Hoover and 31 people have commented

Many people use Quicksilver as a replacement for Spotlight, but if you’re happy with the native file search and app launcher in Mac OS X, then why change? You probably know that you can access Spotlight quickly with the Command-spacebar keyboard shortcut, but here are a few more tricks you might not know exist.

Spotlight makes [...]

iPhone Dictionary App Roundup

Written on September 26, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 26 people have commented

Recently, Merriam-Webster announced that the Collegiate Dictionary was available for the iPhone and iPod touch, and since then I’ve wanted to explore what kind of dictionary options were out there. After all, everyone needs a dictionary right?
The Collegiate Dictionary, although not glamorous in its function, boasts over 225,000 entries, a history of the last 15 [...]