Copy items from the results list in Spotlight
09/16/2011
In OS X Lion, when searching from the Spotlight menu, drag and drop a found item from the results list to your desktop to put a copy of it there.
Search the web or Wikipedia from the Spotlight menu
08/11/2011
In OS X Lion, when searching your Mac from the Spotlight menu, scroll to the bottom of the results list to repeat the search on the web or on Wikipedia.
View thumbnails of search results in the Spotlight menu
07/22/2011
In OS X Lion, when doing a search from the Spotlight menu, hold the pointer over a search result to view the item's thumbnail.
Open multiple Spotlight search windows in the Finder
01/11/2011
When doing a Spotlight search using File>Find in the Finder, press Command+Option+Space to open another separate search window.
Quickly search for files in the Finder by contents or by name
10/21/2010
In the Finder, press Command-F to do a Spotlight search for the contents within files or, to search for files by name, press Shift-Command-F.
Change the order of Spotlight search results
10/02/2010
To change the order of categories shown in Spotlight search results, do System Preferences> Spotlight> Search Results, then drag a category in the list.
Get info on a found item in the Spotlight menu
08/27/2010
After using the Spotlight menu to locate an item, to get info on it, select it with the arrow keys then press Command-I.
Use Spotlight to search for exact phrases in documents
06/09/2010
In the Finder, use Spotlight to search for an exact phrase within documents by putting the phrase in quotes when doing a Spotlight search.
Go to an item's location from the Spotlight menu
04/16/2010
Hold down the Command key while clicking on a found item in the Spotlight menu to go directly to the item in the Finder, instead of opening it.
Specify Spotlight's default seach location
02/14/2010
In Snow Leopard, set Spotlight's default search location (search this Mac, the current folder, or the previous search location) via Finder > Prefs > Advanced.
Navigate quickly through the Spotlight menu
02/01/2010
When searching with the Spotlight menu, use the Command and up/down arrows to quickly jump between the found item categories.
