My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition

Finding Specific Files with Spotlight

Spotlight finds files by name or content. For example, to find a file named Customers, you could type Customers or just Cust.

Note

If you don't know the name of the file that you want, just type a word that appears in that file. For example, to find a file that contains a report about Microsoft, tell Spotlight to search for the word Microsoft.

You can access Spotlight through the Finder window or the menu bar.

Using Spotlight Through the Finder

To see how Spotlight works through the Finder, follow these steps:

1. Click the Finder icon on the Dock. The Finder window appears.

2. Click in the Spotlight search box, as shown in Figure 13-1.

   Figure 13-1. The Spotlight search box appears in the upper-right corner of the Finder ...