Google (or some other search engine) is usually the jumping off point for finding information on the web. The way it normally works for me, I scan down the first page of search results looking in the summary for what I think will be the answer to my query. Then I Command-click the results that look interesting to open them in their own tabs. Once I've opened a few new tabs with results pages, I go through those tabs looking for the information I want.
Sometimes the text from the search results summary isn't readily apparent on the opened web page. If that is the case, you have to search through the page to find what you are looking for. To accomplish this quickly, use Safari's Find function to locate your text.
This Cool Tool is really a Google tool and therefore available to anyone on any computer. Still, I wanted to share this tool with you because it can be very useful.
With Google Alerts, you can set up a search term and Google will watch the web for you. When Google Alerts finds a result that matches your search query, it sends you an email to let you know.
Yes, Spotlight is normally used to find results on your hard drive that match the query you type, but it turns out the Spotlight also has an affinity for math problems and can be used as a quick calculator.
Besides the dozen or so Widgets that come with Mac OS X for use on the
Dashboard,
there are thousands more available from Apple on their website. (In fact, there are around 3800 Widgets available .)
The standard
Dashboard
contains only four widgets: Weather, Calculator, Clock and Calendar. There are many more widgets available on your Mac and even more can be downloaded.
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