From PCMagazine, link here.
Apple's Spotlight is a handy search tool that tracks down anything and everything across your computer, but macOS Tahoe introduces new Actions and Quick Keys functions, allowing you to kick off a range of commands right from the search results window.
Want to send someone an email or text, set up a calendar event, start a timer, create a new note, or change a system setting? You can do all that and more. Even better, you can assign a two-letter keyboard combination to trigger any of those actions and save you some time.
To take advantage of these new features, you'll need to be running macOS Tahoe or higher. Click the Apple icon, go to System Settings > General > Software Update, and click the Upgrade Now button to allow the latest update to install. With that complete, let's go through how to use Actions and Quick Keys with your favorite apps, files, and other items.
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Spotlight
This is an EDGE application. That means it stays entirely within your system -- it does not go out side your system. The advantages are huge.
Apple will now have three levels of search:
- Spotlight;
- web browser;
- chatbot.
Spotlight is Apple's fast, built-in search tool on macOS (MacBook, iMac) that instantly finds files, apps, emails, contacts, and images across your computer.
Triggered by Command+Space, it also performs calculations, conversions, and quick actions (like setting alarms or running shortcuts) without opening separate apps.
What Can Spotlight Do?
- Instantly Find Anything: Searches documents, images, and emails by name or contents.
- Launch Applications: Type the first few letters of an app (e.g., "saf") and hit Return to open it.
- Quick Calculations & Conversions: Perform math (e.g., ) or convert currencies/measurements (e.g., "200 CAD to USD") directly in the search bar.
- System Actions: Search for "Do Not Disturb" to toggle it, or find files instantly.
- Get Definitions: Lookup dictionary definitions, search web results, or check weather, sports, and movies.
- Find Text in Images: With Live Text, you can search for words contained within photos.
How to Use Spotlight:
- Launch: Press the Command (⌘) — Space bar keys together, or click the magnifying glass icon in the top-right menu bar.
- View Location: Select a file result, then hold down the Command (⌘) key to see its file path.
- Open Result: Press Return to open the top result or double-click an item in the list.
You can customize what Spotlight searches for by navigating to System Settings > Spotlight.
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