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nifty little spotlight thingy... - Kiva - 11-26-2008

Ok, maybe this is old...and only marginally useful, but I thought it was kinda cool

In the spotlight search field, if you type in a mathematical equation, the result is the first search term. No spaces, though...

kiva


Re: nifty little spotlight thingy... - ztirffritz - 11-26-2008

Google does this too.


Re: nifty little spotlight thingy... - mikebw - 11-26-2008

didn't know spotlight did that too


Re: nifty little spotlight thingy... - Rick-o - 11-26-2008

Nifty. I was aware of the Google tip, but didn't have a clue about Spotlight having this feature.


Re: nifty little spotlight thingy... - karsen - 11-26-2008

Cool trick. Thanks.


Re: nifty little spotlight thingy... - OWC Jamie - 11-26-2008

all I get is pi