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Spotlight is an as-you-type, system-wide desktop search feature found in Mac OS X v10.4. Using a metadata search engine, Spotlight is designed to locate a wide variety of items on the computer, including documents, pictures, music, applications, System Preference panes, as well as specific words in documents and PDFs. It allows the user to narrow down searches with creation dates, modification dates, sizes, types and other attributes. Image File history File links This is a screenshot of copyrighted Macintosh computer software. ...
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Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ...
Software development is the translation of a user need or marketing goal into a software product. ...
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An operating system (OS) is a computer program that manages the hardware and software resources of a computer. ...
Mac OS X (official IPA pronunciation: ) is a line of proprietary, graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ...
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A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ...
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Mac OS X version 10. ...
Metadata is data about data. ...
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Application software is a defined subclass of computer software that employs the capabilities of a computer directly to a task that the user wishes to perform. ...
System Preferences is the application used by Mac OS X to set user preferences. ...
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A file attribute is a piece of data that describes or is associated with a computer file. ...
It was taken from a feature in the discontinued Copland project. Copland was a project at Apple Computer to create an updated version of the Macintosh operating system. ...
Spotlight builds a database of metadata keywords in files on the user's hard drive when a user logs in for the first time, as well as when devices such as external hard drives are connected to a system. This initial cataloguing may take some time, but the database is updated continuously in the background as files are modified. The cataloguing process also takes place when the system discovers that files on an external drive have been modified on a system not running 10.4, and the system will re-catalogue the volume from scratch. Typical hard drives of the mid-1990s. ...
Spotlight features a developer API (application program interface) that allows the creation of plug-ins, meaning that developers can add Spotlight search capabilities to their own programs, as well as enable Spotlight to index their own proprietary data file formats. A application programming interface (API) is the interface that a computer system, library or application provides in order to allow requests for services to be made of it by other computer programs, and/or to allow data to be exchanged between them. ...
Proprietary indicates that a party, or proprietor, exercises private ownership, control or use over an item of property, usually to the exclusion of other parties. ...
Tiger Features
Spotlight features the following functionality: - Instant indexing of new and modified files. The index is automatically updated instantly after each file-change.
- Substring search. Words that start with the search term will be matched (prefix matching).
- Boolean searches. Default searches AND operands. Use '|' for OR queries. Place '-' before an operand to perform a NOT query.
Leopard Features
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Mac OS X v10. ...
2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Worldwide Developers Conference is an annual trade show for Apple developers. ...
Steve Jobs at WWDC 2006 Stevenote is a slang term for keynote speeches by Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs, generally given at Apple events such as the Macworld Expo, and the Apple Expo. ...
- "Advanced search" and advanced Boolean operators (alluded to in the keynote and on the Leopard preview website).
- Criterion selectors which currently only exist in the Finder search window in Tiger.
- A new feature named Quick Look which will provide live previews of all file types in a graphic overlay.
- The ability to search network volumes.
- A Spotlight Dock icon (according to the onscreen demo at WWDC 2006).
- Spotlight Server in Mac OS X Server.
Finder in column view Finder in icon view Finder in list view The Finder is the default application program used on the Mac OS and Mac OS X operating systems that is responsible for the overall user-management of files, disks, network volumes and the launching of other applications. ...
Mac OS X version 10. ...
The Worldwide Developers Conference is an annual trade show for Apple developers. ...
2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Spotlight Server is a new service deamon included in Mac OS X Server 10. ...
Mac OS X Server is the server-oriented version of Apple Computers modern operating system, Mac OS X. It is based on the BSD-Unix-based operating system that Apple Computer acquired from NeXT Computer and which formed the basis of the current Mac OS X. The regular version...
Spotlight keywords "kind"
The spotlight engine is used to power the Finder's search The "kind" keyword may be used as a stand alone search (e.g. "kind:pdf") or as a modifier for a key word or phrase (e.g. "Steve Jobs kind:email") Image File history File links Download high resolution version (862x706, 122 KB) Summary A screenshot of Find in the Macintosh Finder, demonstrating grouping and how Spotlight can be utilized by various applications. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (862x706, 122 KB) Summary A screenshot of Find in the Macintosh Finder, demonstrating grouping and how Spotlight can be utilized by various applications. ...
Finder in column view Finder in icon view Finder in list view The Finder is the default application program used on the Mac OS and Mac OS X operating systems that is responsible for the overall user-management of files, disks, network volumes and the launching of other applications. ...
- Applications: application(s), app(s)
- Contacts: contact(s)
- Folders: folder(s)
- Email: email(s), mail message(s)
- iCal Events: event(s)
- iCal To Dos: todo(s), to do(s)
- Images: image(s)
- Movies: movie(s)
- Music: music, audio
- PDF: pdf(s)
- Preferences: system preferences, preferences
- Bookmarks: bookmark(s)
- Fonts: font(s)
- Presentations: presentation(s)
"date"
Spotlight performing a boolean search. The "date" keyword may be used as a stand alone search (e.g. "date:today") or as modifer for a key word or phrase (e.g. "Steve Jobs date:today"). Accepted relative date values include "this month", "this week", "this year", "today", "yesterday", "tomorrow", "next month", "next week", and "next year". Image File history File links Screenshot of the Spotlight feature of Mac OS X v10. ...
Image File history File links Screenshot of the Spotlight feature of Mac OS X v10. ...
See also A Smart Folder is a special folder that dynamically contains content based on criterion that you specify. ...
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Beagle is a search tool for linux, enabling the user to search documents, chat logs, email and contact lists in a similar way to Google Desktop Search under Microsoft Windows, or Spotlight in Mac OS X. Beagle grew out of Dashboard, an early Mono based application for watching for and...
Google Desktops logo Google Desktop is Googles version of the desktop search that runs locally on a Windows XP or Windows 2000 SP3+ PC. The desktop search program allows full text search of all of ones e-mail, computer files, music, photos, chat, and Web pages that...
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Others Applications Address Book • Automator • Backup • Calculator • Chess • Dashboard • Dictionary • DVD Player • Finder • Front Row • Grapher • iCal • iChat • iSync • iTunes • Mail • Photo Booth • Preview • QuickTime Player • Safari • Sherlock • Stickies • TextEdit Mac OS X (official IPA pronunciation: ) is a line of proprietary, graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ...
An address book or a name and address book (NAB) is a book or a collection of data storing contact details (for example: address, telephone number, e-mail address, fax number, mobile phone number). ...
Apple Automator is a new technology for automating applications, first implemented in Mac OS X v10. ...
Backup is a simple Mac OS X-only software program made by Apple Computer for file backups. ...
Calculator is a basic calculator application made by Apple Computer and bundled with Mac OS X. It has three modes: basic, scientific, and programmer. ...
Chess is a chess game for Mac OS X, featuring a high quality graphical display and support for chess variants such as crazyhouse and suicide chess. ...
Dashboard is an application for Apple Computers Mac OS X 10. ...
Dictionary is an application introduced with Mac OS X v10. ...
This page relates to Apple software. ...
Finder in column view Finder in icon view Finder in list view The Finder is the default application program used on the Mac OS and Mac OS X operating systems that is responsible for the overall user-management of files, disks, network volumes and the launching of other applications. ...
Front Row Music menu screenshot Front Row is a software application for Apples Macintosh computers that acts as a front-end for QuickTime, DVD Player and the iTunes and iPhoto libraries and allows for users to browse media on their computers using the Apple Remote (which is based on...
Grapher is a software program bundled with Mac OS X v10. ...
The correct title of this article is iCal. ...
iChat is an AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), ICQ and Jabber client for Mac OS X. Using a Jabber-like protocol and Bonjour for user discovery, it also allows for LAN communication. ...
iSync 1. ...
iTunes is a digital media player application, introduced by Apple Computer on January 10, 2001 at Macworld Expo in San Francisco,[1] for playing and organizing digital music and video files. ...
Mail (aka Mail. ...
Photo Booth is a small software application for taking photos with an iSight camera by Apple Computer for Mac OS X. It features 16 built-in effects that can be applied to photos. ...
Preview is Mac OS Xs application for displaying images and Portable Document Format (PDF) documents. ...
QuickTime is a multimedia technology developed by Apple Computer, capable of handling various formats of digital video, sound, text, animation, music, and immersive virtual reality panoramic images. ...
Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. ...
Sherlock 2 for Mac OS 9, Files Channel Sherlock, named after Sherlock Holmes, is the file and web searching tool made by Apple Computer for the Mac OS, introduced with Mac OS 8. ...
Stickies is a Macintosh application for putting Post-it note-like windows on the screen, with short reminders, notes and other clippings. ...
A screenshot of Apples TextEdit. ...
Utilities Activity Monitor • AirPort Admin Utility • Audio MIDI Setup • Bluetooth File Exchange • BOMArchiveHelper • Classic • ColorSync Utility • Console • Crash Reporter • DigitalColor Meter • Directory Access • DiskImageMounter • Disk Utility • Font Book • Grab • Help Viewer • Image Capture • Installer • Internet Connect • Keychain Access • Migration Assistant • NetInfo Manager • Network Utility • ODBC Administrator • Printer Setup Utility • Software Update • System Preferences • System Profiler • Terminal • Universal Access • VoiceOver • X11 Activity Monitor is the name of a utility for performing different tasks to a computer process in the Mac OS X operating system. ...
The AirPort Admin Utility in Mac OS X serves to allow the user to configure AirPort Wifi Base Stations to create a wireless network. ...
The Audio MIDI Setup utility is a program that comes with the Mac OS X operating system for adjusting the computers audio input and output configuration settings and managing MIDI devices. ...
Bluetooth File Exchange is an aptly-named utility that comes with the Mac OS X operating system, used to exchange files to or from a Bluetooth-enabled device. ...
BOMArchiveHelper is the default archive file handler in Mac OS X. It is a service application that has no GUI when double-clicked, rather it is invoked by opening its associated files or by choosing Create archive of file in the Finders contextual menu. ...
Classic, or Classic Environment, is a hardware and software abstraction layer in Mac OS X that allows applications compatible with Mac OS 9 to run on the OS X operating system. ...
ColorSync Utility is an interface for Apples ColorSync specification on the Mac OS X operating system. ...
Console is the default log viewer in Mac OS X. Categories: | ...
A crash reporter is an application whose function is to report crash data to a third party, usually to the party responsible for the crashed program. ...
DigitalColor Meter is a utility for measuring and displaying the colour values of pixels displayed on the screen of a Macintosh computer. ...
Directory Access is a Mac OS X utility for connecting to network services. ...
DiskImageMounter is the utility that handles mounting disk images in Mac OS X. Like BOMArchiveHelper it has no GUI when double-clicked, in fact doing so does nothing. ...
Disk Utility is the name of a utility created by Apple Computer for performing disk-related tasks in Mac OS X. These tasks include: the creation of disk images; mounting, unmounting, and ejecting disks (including both hard disks, removable media and disk images); enabling or disabling journaling; verifying a disk...
Apples Font Book includes fonts, and dividing them into groups. ...
Grab is an application by Apple Computer used to make screenshots of the users computer. ...
Help Viewer is a WebCore based HTML viewer aimed at displaying help files and other documentation. ...
Image Capture, first introduced in Mac OS X version 10. ...
Installer is an application included in Mac OS X which extracts and installs files out of . ...
The Internet Connect in Mac OS X serves to allow the user to activate connections to the internet via an ISP or VPN. It also provides a simple way to connect to an AirPort Network. ...
Keychain Access in Mac OS X serves to allow the user to configure keychain passwords - unlocking, locking and displaying passwords saved by the system which are dynamically linked to ones login password. ...
Migration Assistant is a/an utility by Apple Computer that imports users, applications, settings, various files and volumes to a new Macintosh computer from a (presumably) older one. ...
NetInfo Manager is a utility that comes with Mac OS X. It is found in /Applications/Utilities/NetInfo Manager. ...
Network Utility is a an application included with Mac OS X that provides a variety of computer network information. ...
ODBC Administrator is a utility in the Mac OS X operating system for administering ODBC. Category: ...
The Printer Setup Utility in Mac OS X serves to allow the user to configure printers physically connected to the computer, or connected via a network. ...
Software Update is a software tool by Apple Computer that install the latest version of Apple software on computers running Mac OS X (there was also a Software update tool for classic Mac OS). ...
System Preferences is the application used by Mac OS X to set user preferences. ...
System Profiler is a software utility that has been bundled with Mac OS since Mac OS 7. ...
Terminal is an application included with Apples Mac OS X operating system. ...
Universal access to education is the ability of all people to have equal opportunity in education, regardless of their background or physical disabilities. ...
A voice-over is a narration that is played on top of a video segment, usually with the audio for that segment muted or lowered. ...
X11. ...
Technology & User interface (future features italicized) ⌘ • ⌥ • Apple Advanced Typography • AppleScript • Aqua • ATSUI • Audio Units • Bonjour • Boot Camp • Carbon • Cocoa • ColorSync • Core Animation • Core Audio • Core Data • Core Foundation • Core Image • Core Video • CUPS • Darwin • Exposé • FileVault • Inkwell • icns • Keychain • Mach-O • OpenGL • plist • Quartz • QuickTime • Rosetta • Smart folder • Spaces • Spotlight • Time Machine • Uniform Type Identifier • Universal binary • WebKit • Xgrid • XNU The Command key The Command key, known as the open-Apple key in documentation previous to the Apple Macintosh family of computers, is a modifier key present on Apple keyboards. ...
The Option key, also known as Alt key is a modifier key present on Apple Macintosh keyboards. ...
Apple Computer has been attentive to the typefaces used in its marketing, operating systems and industrial design. ...
AppleScript is a scripting language devised by Apple Computer, and built into Mac OS. More generally, AppleScript is the word used to designate the Mac OS scripting interface, which is meant to operate in parallel with the graphical user interface. ...
Mac OS X 10. ...
The Apple Type Services for Unicode Imaging (ATSUI) is the Mac OS set of services for rendering Unicode-encoded text. ...
Audio Units is a plug-in API developed by Apple Computer to add functionality to audio creation and recording software. ...
Bonjour, formerly Rendezvous, is Apples trade name for its implementation of the IETF Zeroconf specification framework, a computer network technology used in Apples Mac OS X from version 10. ...
Boot Camp is a software assistant made available by Apple Computer that assists users in installing Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (both Home and Professional Editions) on Intel-based Macintosh computers. ...
Carbon is the codename of Apple Computers API for the Macintosh operating system, which permits a good degree of forward and backward compatibility between source code written to run on the classic Mac OS, and the newer Mac OS X. The APIs are published and accessed in the form...
A Cocoa application being developed using Xcode. ...
ColorSync is Apples color management API for the Mac OS and Mac OS X. // Apple developed the original 1. ...
Core Animation is an Apple Computer technology to create animations, to be released as part of Mac OS X v10. ...
Core Audio is a fairly low-level API for dealing with sound in Apples Mac OS X operating system. ...
Core Data is part of the Cocoa API in Mac OS X, first introduced in Mac OS X 10. ...
Core Foundation (also called CF) is a Mac OS X framework and API. CF provides: Primitive types for data (raw bytes, Unicode strings, numbers, calendar dates, UUIDs) and collections (arrays, sets, dictionaries) Application preferences management (CFPropertyList, Preferences Utilities) XML parsing Bundle handling File system I/O (CFReadStream, CFWriteStream, CFURL) Network...
Core Image is a technology in Mac OS X that heavily leverages the machines GPU for image related effects. ...
Core Video Core Video is a new technology in Mac OS X 10. ...
The Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) is a modular computer printing system for Unix-like operating systems that allows a computer to act as a powerful print server. ...
Hexley, the mascot of Darwin Darwin is a free, open source, Unix-like operating system first released by Apple Computer in 2000. ...
Mac OS X 10. ...
FileVault is a system that protects files on a computer. ...
Inkwell, later renamed Ink, but still mostly referred to as Inkwell by Apple is the name of the handwriting recognition technology built into Apple Computers Mac OS X. It was introduced in version 10. ...
The Apple Icon Image format is the icon format used in Apple Computers Mac OS X. It supports icons of 16Ã16, 32Ã32, 48Ã48 and 128Ã128 pixel icons, with both 1- and 8-bit alpha channels and multiple image states (example: open and closed folders). ...
Keychain is Apple Computers password management system in Mac OS X and Mac OS 9. ...
Mach-O, short for Mach object file format, is a file format for executables and object code. ...
OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a standard specification defining a cross-language cross-platform API for writing applications that produce 3D computer graphics (and 2D computer graphics as well). ...
In the Mac OS X Cocoa, NeXTSTEP, and GNUstep programming frameworks, property list files are files that store serialized objects. ...
Quartz is the marketing name of the proprietary graphics layer that sits on top of the open source Darwin core of Mac OS X. Quartz is part of the Core Graphics framework. ...
QuickTime is a multimedia framework developed by Apple Computer, capable of handling various formats of digital video, media clips, sound, text, animation, music, and several types of interactive panoramic images. ...
Rosetta is a lightweight dynamic translation emulator for Mac OS X distributed by Apple. ...
A Smart Folder is a special folder that dynamically contains content based on criterion that you specify. ...
Spaces is a virtual desktop feature developed by Apple to be included in Mac OS X v10. ...
Time Machine is an automatic backup utility announced on August 7, 2006 at Apple Computers Worldwide Developers Conference, scheduled to be included with the Mac OS X v10. ...
A Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) is a string that uniquely identifies the type of a class of items. ...
Universal Binary Logo A Universal binary is â in Apple Computers parlance â an application bundle that runs natively on both PowerPC- and x86 (Intel)-based Macintosh computers. ...
WebKit is an application framework included with Mac OS X v10. ...
In computers, Xgrid is software (Apple Computer, Inc. ...
XNU is the name of the kernel that Apple acquired and developed for use in the Mac OS X operating system and released as open source as part of the Darwin operating system. ...
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