Using Spotlight As an Application Launcher
	Thursday, December 01 2011 By: chrisb Find your applications quickly Using Spotlight as a launcher Click to see a larger image Spotlight is a great tool for finding files, email messages, contacts, and about anything else on your hard drive. One use of Spotlight you may not have thought of is to use Spotlight to quickly find and open apps that aren't on the Dock. To use Spotlight as an application launcher: Activate Spotlight by either clicking on the Spotlight icon on the far right of the menu bar (it looks like a small magnifying glass) or using the shortcut key command-spacebar. Type in the beginning of the name of the application you want to launch. It will probably be the Top Hit on the list, or at the very least, near the top of the list. Try using Spotlight to launch some of these application that probably are not on your Dock: Chess Calculator Dictionary Stickies Using Spotlight to find applications is a lot faster and easier than going to your Applications folder and looking through it. Learn more about Spotlight. See also Launchpad in Lion. Related Items: Spotlight | Stickies | Application | Dock Donate $1

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