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Based on our record, Spotlight seems to be more popular. It has been mentioned 5 times since March 2021.
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However, Spotlight comes inbuilt with MacOS and I do really miss it on my Windows laptop. But, the problem is Windows works with NTFS and indexing on Apple File System (APFS) is far better. So it’s not possible to get...
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I want to add another tip: learn to use Spotlight Search to launch apps, search for files or make google queries. To do so, type COMMAND + SPACEBAR. Down the road, once you get comfortable with Spotlight Search, you can replace it with... Source: over 3 years ago
Spotlight Search - The equivalent of searching in the start menu on a PC, but it actually works. Source: over 4 years ago
It seems they are using it as intended. Apple lists what op does as a supported usecase.. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/spotlight-mchlp1008/mac. Source: about 5 years ago
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