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In the latest version of Safari, version 3, it adds a newly enhanced FIND command. Simply go to a web page of your choice, press COMMAND F and then the FIND search box will appear below your address bar. Start typing in what you are looking for and you will see the words begin to become highlighted if they are found on that page.

Next to the search box it will tell you how many results it finds and you can also click the left/right arrows next to that box to move through the results. READ MORE »

Spotlight is a fantastic way to search, and leveraging keyboard shortcuts can help speed up your searches.

Here are 7 quick keyboard shortcuts to try:

1. Open the Spotlight menu -- Command-Space
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Mac OS X comes with a ton of great programs. iCal is probably one of my favorites, simply because I rely on it to keep me on schedule. Sometimes my calendar get so full, it's hard to keep everything straight. Fortunately, iCal has a 'Search' box. You can use it to find exactly what you are looking for.

For example, if I want to know all of the dates that show when I get paid, I simply type 'Payday' into the search box, because that is what I named the events.

Here is how to do it:

Open 'iCal'

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Spotlight will index all of the data on your Mac. Most people when they search, they want to open the file right after spotlight finds it. But, you can use a Spotlight search to find the exact location of the file on your hard drive.

Here is how to do it:

Open Spotlight by pressing 'Command - Space', and your Spotlight window will open. READ MORE »

When you search for a file with spotlight, you goal may not be to open it, but rather just find out where the file is on your hard drive.

Here is how to do it:

Search for something with 'Spotlight'. In my example, I searched for the new 'Get A Mac' commercials I downloaded onto my hard drive.

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Do you ever forget where to change the password or those pesky Airport network options? Well, in OS X Tiger, you can search the System Preferences. The great thing is that it even knows 'Windows' terminology - a handy feature for switchers trying to learn where stuff is within Mac OS X.

First open 'System Preferences' - 'Apple Menu -> System Preferences'
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Do you want to search your computer with spotlight for a particular contact, right from your address book?

Here is how:
First, open 'Address Book'

Next, 'Select a contact' by clicking on the person's name READ MORE »