Apple's revamped Spotlight will be able to do things in apps for you, not unlike the Apple Intelligence version of Siri. The new Spotlight integrates features that are very similar to third-party apps ...

Spotlight extensions enhance third-party app searches, letting you look up more app-specific content. Here's how to enable or disable the extensions in macOS. Spotlight is Apple's search indexing ...

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 ...

After years of incremental tweaks, Spotlight is taking center stage in macOS Tahoe 26, in what Apple calls its biggest update ever. Here’s everything that’s new. With this release, Apple wants to ...

macOS Tahoe introduces a revolutionary Spotlight update, transforming it into a powerful action center. Users can now send emails, create notes, and run shortcuts without opening separate apps. Quick ...

The new Spotlight launcher tool coming to macOS this year looks and works a lot like the indie application Raycast. Here’s what they can both do, and how they differ. Two years ago I called Raycast ...

I've learned not to expect much from macOS updates — not through sheer cynicism, but from the obvious reality that Apple pays far more attention to iOS and iPadOS than its desktop platform. I get it.

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Part search engine, part app launcher, part smart assistant — there's lots to like about Spotlight in Apple's upcoming OS release. If you use a Mac at work or elsewhere, then you inevitably use ...