Now that you know where Spotlight lives (in the upper right-hand corner of your screen), let's give it a whirl. Click on the blue Spotlight icon and the Spotlight Search field will pop down. If you were looking for that party invitation list you created a few days ago (let's say you named that file "Party People" or "Party List" or "Invite List"), you'd just start typing in the word "party," and as soon as you type just the "pa" in "party," Spotlight starts bringing up results. It's amazingly fast and complete; it instantly displays everything on your computer that contains the word "party." Not just files named "party"we're talking everything. It searches your email (both your email inbox and emails you've sent), it searches your Address Book, it searches your iCal calendarseverythingand displays it in a window just below the Search field.
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