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We've compiled a list of 27 free and paid alternatives to Spotlight. The primary competitors include Everything, Alfred. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between Spotlight and Keypirinha, Quicksilver, RecentX. Also you can look at other similar options here: File Management Tools.
We've compiled a list of 27 free and paid alternatives to Spotlight. The primary competitors include Everything, Alfred. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between Spotlight and Keypirinha, Quicksilver, RecentX. Also you can look at other similar options here: File Management Tools.
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"Everything" is an administrative tool that locates files and folders by filename...
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Alfred is a quicklaunch application for Mac OS X, which aims to save you time in searching your...
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A lightning fast and flexible keystroke launcher for Windows. No installation required (portable).
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Quicksilver is a fast and free Mac OS X productivity application that gives you the power to...
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RecentX is an innovative launcher that gives you instant access to your files, folders, programs...
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Omnilauncher for Linux to help you quickly find and run apps and do other useful things.
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Instantly find files, e-mails, and attachments stored anywhere on your PC with the free Copernic...
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Fingertips indexes the Windows start menu so you can launch items with a keyboard shortcut.
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Spotlight is the system-wide desktop search feature built into Apple's OS X operating system...
Spotlight is the system-wide desktop search feature built into Apple's OS X operating system...
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Spotlight is the system-wide desktop search feature built into Apple's OS X operating system since version 10.4 (Tiger). Backed by an index of all items and files on the system, it's designed to allow the user to quickly locate a wide variety of items on the computer, including documents, pictures, music, applications, and System Preferences. In addition, specific words in documents and in web pages in a web browser's history or bookmarks can be searched. It also allows the user to narrow down searches with file attributes (e.g. creation dates, modification dates, sizes, types) and, as of OS X 10.9, tags. Pre-installed plugins for the New Oxford American Dictionary and Calculator applications also included in OS X allow Spotlight to define words and evaluate mathematical expressions.
Adapted from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(software)
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