Comments on: TMUP 112: The SpotLights On You http://typicalmacuser.com/wordpress/2008/01/08/tmup-112-the-spotlights-on-you/ Help for the Switcher and New Apple Macintosh User Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:03:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: typicalmacuser http://typicalmacuser.com/wordpress/2008/01/08/tmup-112-the-spotlights-on-you/comment-page-1/#comment-18397 typicalmacuser Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:14:20 +0000 http://typicalmacuser.com/wordpress/2008/01/08/tmup-112-the-spotlights-on-you/#comment-18397 Hey Jim glad you liked the segment and part 2 (next week) gets even more geeky. Good point about cmd+enter and yuo sir are correct. That's why I love comments on the blog, we all learn together. Thanks for taking the time. Hey Jim glad you liked the segment and part 2 (next week) gets even more geeky. Good point about cmd+enter and yuo sir are correct. That's why I love comments on the blog, we all learn together. Thanks for taking the time.

]]> By: jimfelder http://typicalmacuser.com/wordpress/2008/01/08/tmup-112-the-spotlights-on-you/comment-page-1/#comment-18396 jimfelder Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:18:27 +0000 http://typicalmacuser.com/wordpress/2008/01/08/tmup-112-the-spotlights-on-you/#comment-18396 Hey Victor, Great Segment! You taught me things that I had no idea could be done in spotlight. I thought you could just search for things. I didn't know you could specify the criteria you mentioned. Really good stuff.<br><br>I wanted to point out something I found out by trial and error. You mentioned using the cmd+enter to open the selected file in the spotlight results. I found out that you can still use the same keystroke to open the folder that the file is inside of. I have many times searched for an Application or a file or folder so that I can drag it to the Dock. Instead of clicking through the finder trying to find it, I just search in Spotlight and when it's highlighted in Spotlight I press cmd+enter and it opens the folder where that file is residing. Then I drag it to the dock. Very Handy.<br><br>Take Care.<br>Jim Hey Victor, Great Segment! You taught me things that I had no idea could be done in spotlight. I thought you could just search for things. I didn't know you could specify the criteria you mentioned. Really good stuff.

I wanted to point out something I found out by trial and error. You mentioned using the cmd+enter to open the selected file in the spotlight results. I found out that you can still use the same keystroke to open the folder that the file is inside of. I have many times searched for an Application or a file or folder so that I can drag it to the Dock. Instead of clicking through the finder trying to find it, I just search in Spotlight and when it's highlighted in Spotlight I press cmd+enter and it opens the folder where that file is residing. Then I drag it to the dock. Very Handy.

Take Care.
Jim

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