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Can't live without Spotlight Search?

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Shikaka

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Sep 12, 2014
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I haven't spent much time exploring Spotlight Search or Siri Suggestions. I'm sure I'm missing out on something, but so far I haven't been able to find much use in it.

Anybody using these functions daily? Are they good at speeding up any tasks or improving your overall productivity?
 
I often use Spotlight to start Apps that I don't know of in which folder I put them. Spotlight is the fastest way to find them.
 
It's a feature I turn off as like others I know where my data is. I regularly delete emails and messages I no longer need too so I don't need the search for that too.

For me 'Siri Suggestions' would be more useful if I could control what News Feeds appear.

Right now it's typically Politics Oriented News which maybe interesting for some but not for me.
 
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belfong said:
I use Spotlight search to look for contacts to call. Can't live without this feature.
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I like this one. Might be easier than opening contacts. I'll have to try it from now on. Thanks!
 
yansun said:
How many apps do you have on your device? :D
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I have 129 Apps. Lots of which I only use in certain situations. So sometimes there are months between uses and spotlight is quicker than manual searching.
 
One thing I find that could be nice, is when i have Netflix HBO Nordic and other video services installed is that I could just search for the movie or tv series on the spotlight page and be taken directly to it instead of opening all the different apps to find a movie or tv serie.
 
i am too stuck in the old ways i never adjusted to spotlight and its search. i always just tab on the app icon and dont use any of its search functions either. its just not part of my work flow
 
bushido said:
i am too stuck in the old ways i never adjusted to spotlight and its search. i always just tab on the app icon and dont use any of its search functions either. its just not part of my work flow
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Spotlight search has always been available, so it's really part of the "old ways" as well.
 
It's not been that long for it to really become useful, but when I make a workflow in Workflow, write something in Drafts, or am doing something in Pixelmator, I will tag it @likethis, with stuff like @Photography, @writing, etc, and keep all that in a shortcut menu in Nintype. Sorta like using Finder tags in OS X.

I use Siri for web searches and calling people, otherwise I'd probably use Spotlight for that too.
 
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