My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition

Adding Spotlight Comments

Your Macintosh comes with a search feature called Spotlight, which lets you type a word or phrase to find a file. By using Spotlight, you can search for all or part of a filename, a word stored inside a file, or a word specifically designated as a Spotlight comment.

Of course, if you want to find a particular file, but you can't remember any part of its name or its contents, Spotlight won't help you find it. To avoid this problem, you can add Spotlight comments to the file. Spotlight comments give files additional labels that can help you find a particular file. These labels can be any word or phrase that you associate with that particular file, such as the name of the person who relies on the information stored in that ...