Spotlight, which is brand-new in Mac OS X 10.4, makes Finder searching available in the menu bar, no matter which application is active. Simply click the Spotlight icon in the menu bar (Figure 19 ) and enter a search word or phrase. Spotlight displays a menu of matches (Figure 20 ) or a window that lists all of the matches (Figure 21 ).
Spotlight also works within certain Mac OS X applications, such as System Preferences. I explain how to use Spotlight with System Preferences in
1. | Click the Spotlight icon on the far right end of the menu bar. The Spotlight search field appears (Figure 19 ). |
2. | Enter a search word or phrase in the search field. Spotlight immediately begins displaying matches for what you enter in a menu beneath the search field (Figure 20 ). |
3. | To open one of the items in the menu, click that item. or To display a window that lists all of the items Spotlight found (Figure 21 ), choose Show All from Spotlight's menu of found items. |
In step 1, you can press