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Use the Command Key to Rearrange and Remove Menu Bar Icons
Posted by BFA Technologies, Inc. on Mar 5, 2024 10:43:14 PM
Tags: macintosh, macos, apple mail
Do You Use It? Spotlight Sees Targeted Use for Finding Files and Launching Apps
Posted by BFA Technologies, Inc. on Aug 21, 2023 10:46:12 PM
The first two Do You Use It? polls revolved around features that are easy to use or ignore: Stage Manager and Launchpad. The story is much more complex with Spotlight, the focus of our third poll. Apple introduced Spotlight in 2005 with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, making it a fixture on the Mac for 18 years. Over that time, Apple has continually added features beyond searching for files on the local drive. Its capabilities have garnered widespread use among TidBITS readers, with 85% of respondents to our poll saying that they used it at least occasionally. The blue bar in the chart below indicates my vote—although I employ Spotlight for various tasks, they don’t crop up every day.
Read MoreTags: Mac Integration, Mobile Device Management, MDM, spotlight