Spotlight

Updated: 08/16/2021 by Computer Hope

Spotlight is an Apple macOS feature first announced at the 2004 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference and later released with OS X v10.4 in April 2005. Spotlight is found in the top-right corner of the screen on the menu bar, allowing the user to search for any file. In the picture below, is an example of Spotlight.

Apple Spotlight

Tip

Press the Command and spacebar at the same time to open Spotlight.

Apple terms, Find, Menu bar