I use it constantly for email searches. I just find it faster than going into the mail app, going to the correct folder, selecting the correct area (to/from/subject), typing the name, and conducting the search.
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[Poll] How often do you use the Universal Search?
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I thought I might be able to punch a number into spotlight to see if I can search the number in a contact, but it doesn't work. I know where everything is on my phone so I never use it
Being able to type in a phone number, or a part of one, would have been key.
- Searching by area code ("Who's all in Toronto?")
- Remembering a piece of a number. ("I know it was 825 something something")
- Seeing if someone had the same last four digits as someone else. ("Weird, I think Tina's number ends in 4528, too")
- Trying to put a number with a contact ("Man, who's number is this again?")
Bit of a lost opportunity if you ask me.
Multiple times a day.
I use it to launch any app that's not on page one or two, or to look for contacts that aren't in my favorites, and to look for e-mails. That's just off the top of my head. I use it constantly.
I use it to launch any app that's not on page one or two, or to look for contacts that aren't in my favorites, and to look for e-mails. That's just off the top of my head. I use it constantly.
I'll use it sometimes to find e-mails. I'm also certain I'll use it a lot when I fill my 3GS to the brim with free apps.
Whats the point, on such a limited device I know where everything is.
However I have used the mail search tool a fair bit.
However I have used the mail search tool a fair bit.
It's useless to me because it doesn't search in the apps I need it to most, such as OmniFocus. That's probably Omni's fault I guess but still... I don't need to "search" for contacts though I suppose it might be faster than navigating directly... it's just such a hard habit to break.
Plus, when I'm busy, I don't always have two hands to type a search and I pretty much hate single handed typing on this thing.
I don't want the feature to go away though, I'm sure someday I'll really want it.
Plus, when I'm busy, I don't always have two hands to type a search and I pretty much hate single handed typing on this thing.
I don't want the feature to go away though, I'm sure someday I'll really want it.
I never use it. I've used it a couple of times, to open up songs I want to listen to quicker, but since I rarely use the iPod on my phone it's not in use a lot. It mainly just bugs me.
This is just a quick question. I mainly use Spotlight to launch applications that aren't in my dock and in Tiger you could search "Unrarx" or something then there was a quick key you could hit and it would open the app, but in Leopard it just opens to the application in Finder. Anyone know what key it is to just launch from within Spotlight?
Me too.
This is just a quick question. I mainly use Spotlight to launch applications that aren't in my dock and in Tiger you could search "Unrarx" or something then there was a quick key you could hit and it would open the app, but in Leopard it just opens to the application in Finder. Anyone know what key it is to just launch from within Spotlight?
Me too.
spotlight is absolutely useless to me.. tested it once..never gone back..
they missed the target with that one
they missed the target with that one
I used the universal seach on my iPhone they day I upgraded — just to see what the fuss was about.
Used it since? No.
It is not that I am averse to using search… in fact on my Mac cmd+spacebar is one of my most frequent shortcuts…
Used it since? No.
It is not that I am averse to using search… in fact on my Mac cmd+spacebar is one of my most frequent shortcuts…
I agree. I really don't understand why you can't search for phone numbers. Maybe this will be added in the next update...
Hm, on my Leopard I just go CMD+space, start typing, the app name appears, I press enter and it launches.
Same here. I've searched my inbox a few times (and love the 'search on server' option!) but Spotlight? Never. I wish it was possible to disable it completely, because I hate it when I accidentally slide it into view. Highly annoying.
I like to be able to do it all from the mouse, without typing. So I made stack with shortcuts to my apps in categories, Windows' Start Menu-style. It works rather well:
I use spotlight on my mac to launch apps that I don't have in my dock, and I also use it to do math sometimes when I just need to do a quick calculation.
On my iPhone I use spotlight to find emails, and sometimes to launch an app on my last few pages.
On my iPhone I use spotlight to find emails, and sometimes to launch an app on my last few pages.
Same here. I've searched my inbox a few times (and love the 'search on server' option!) but Spotlight? Never. I wish it was possible to disable it completely, because I hate it when I accidentally slide it into view. Highly annoying.
same here. if i didn't have so many 3.0 apps i would downgrade haha. i have used copy and paste once for a tracking number. but that's about all 3.0 has done for me.
Very nice.
Is that your actual Applications folder, or is that a custom stack of just shortcuts you put together?