Finder slowness may be Spotlight related We continue to report on dramatically slower Finder navigation and window refresh speeds under Mac OS X 10.4.5 -- an issue with a variety of causes and ...

[Note: The following information is also included in our Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Special Report, published today] Spotlight performance issues and solutions We continue coverage issue where Mac OS X ...

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 ...

Spotlight debuted in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, bringing a whole new way to find files and launch applications. In Mac OS X Lion, it resides in the top right corner of the Menubar, accessible from within ...

In recent columns, I’ve talked about the new features coming in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, including Time Machine and Spaces. Both are major additions that will make computing more reliable and help ...

Apple today announced the biggest-ever update to Spotlight in macOS, introducing context-aware actions, app integration via App Intents, and powerful new productivity features. In macOS Tahoe, Apple ...

Spotlight in macOS stores some of its indices and search data on your Startup Disk. Here's how to minimize Spotlight using disk space. Spotlight is Apple's file indexing technology, which stores a ...

Mac OS X 10.4 — the much-anticipated update to Apple’s operating system — hits retail shelves Friday at 6 p.m. local time. But the company has already begun talking up the massive OS X update known as ...

In macOS Tahoe 26, Apple gave Spotlight a major update with a visual overhaul, clipboard access, and Actions for performing tasks within apps directly from the search bar. There's quite a lot of ...