Illustration of a magnifying glass, showing pills changing to coins. HARRISBURG — A first-of-its-kind database from Spotlight PA will make it easier for the public to track how Pennsylvania counties ...

The software is only available to developers in beta form right now—with a public beta expected soon—but Apple has already showcased several of the major features arriving later in the year with macOS ...

Ever since Apple first introduced us to macOS Tahoe26 I've been excited for all the changes coming to Macs in 2025, and I might be most excited about the supercharged new Spotlight Search. I know, ...

On Windows, the Start menu is how you find apps and search for files. On macOS, there's Spotlight. Spotlight debuted with OS X Tiger in 2004, and it's more or less been the same ever since — with ...

Perhaps it's just my experience, and perhaps it's because I simply upgrade each OS update and don't Nuke / Pave a fresh install, but Spotlight Search in macOS is completely useless. Recently placing ...

Apple has a feature that can make your searches a bit easier, and it's called Spotlight Search. It is available on all iPhones, iPads, and Macs that have an iOS 8 update or later. The purpose of ...

Spotlight is Apple's smart search indexer for macOS. Here's how to use its metadata utilities to get more information about your documents. Spotlight runs in the background on your Mac or iOS device ...

Since I updated my system from Panther to Tiger 1 month ago, I noticed that Spotlight searches on my iBook where very slow compared to Apple claims and Steve demoes. I even forced a reindex of my Hard ...

Spotlight in macOS stores some of its indices and search data on your Startup Disk. Here's how to minimize Spotlight using disk space. Spotlight is Apple's file indexing technology, which stores a ...

The first two Do You Use It? polls revolved around features that are easy to use or ignore: Stage Manager and Launchpad. The story is much more complex with Spotlight, the focus of our third poll.

The iPhone and iPad have a built-in intelligent search feature called Spotlight, which is designed to search through apps, files, and the web to help you find what you're looking for. Apple improves ...

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