Tag Results For: Spotlight

SpotSiri iOS

SpotSiri: Use Spotlight Search To Invoke Siri & Ask Anything [Cydia]

Thanks to the Cydia store, there are many ways of customizing the Spotlight search area of iOS devices. SpotSiri is the latest in a long line of tweaks that are designed to let users do something new and different from the otherwise mostly-redundant Spotlight search. This tweak serves a dual purpose. With SpotSiri, you get [...] (more…)

SpotDict Cydia iOS

Search iOS Native Dictionary From Spotlight Using SpotDict [Cydia]

For some, Spotlight search, is one of the most useful and frequently used features in iOS. It lets you search almost every facet of your iPhone, providing real-time results; almost every facet. There are many tweaks in the Cydia store that focus on making additions to Spotlight search or changing its functionality altogether. While SpotDict does not do [...] (more…)

WebSpot iOS

Replace iOS Spotlight Search With Any Webpage Using WebSpot [Cydia]

Although the Spotlight search area in iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices comes in handy on a number of occasions, there is a considerable percentage of users who find it useless and a waste of the iOS Springboard space. If you are one of those people, there is a bunch of stuff you can do [...] (more…)

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Stop Folders From Appearing In “All Files” & Spotlight In Mac [Tip]

We recently covered an app, Easy File Hider, worth $1.99, which allows you to change the visibility attribute of a file to Hidden. In the spirit of hiding things from the world and anyone who uses your Mac, here is a little tip to keep files from appearing in Spotlight search and in ‘All Files’ in [...] (more…)

Spotpod iOS

Control Music From Spotlight Via Commands Using SpotPod [Cydia]

The Spotlight search area is made more and more useful with the release of each Cydia tweak that allows users to type commands in it to perform various tasks. Examples of such tweaks for iOS devices include CommandSpot and Fbspot, which convert the Spotlight area into a command prompt of sorts. Now you can add [...] (more…)

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SpotTweet: Send Twitter Updates From Spotlight Search [Cydia Tweak]

If you tweet a lot, then having an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch is just the thing for you, owing to the impressive Twitter integration on offer in the latest version of iOS. There is now an option for tweeting in just about every area of the platform, and within most stock apps, but if [...] (more…)

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CommandSpot: Execute Shortcut Commands From Spotlight Search [Cydia]

The Spotlight search in iOS is one feature of the iPhone which gives the impression that it has the potential of achieving much more than it currently does. A few months ago, we covered a Cydia tweak named Fbspot, which allowed users to run commands related to Facebook from the Spotlight search. CommandSpot is a [...] (more…)

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iFileX: Search Files By Name, Size, Modification & Creation Date [Mac]

Spotlight search in Mac is, no doubt, one of the best utilities there is. It lets you search across any and all folders for all kinds of files, and remembers your frequently used files and apps so that the results are always more meaningful. While it is an excellent global search for the entire system, [...] (more…)

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iTweaX: Tweak Hidden Mac OS X Features & Run Maintenance Procedures

Onyx and Deeper are two well known tweakers for OS X. Their main advantage: even a novice can tweak their OS without worrying about going critical mass on a brand new Mac book. For those who think that people messing around with the default settings on a Mac must secretly work for NASA, these apps [...] (more…)

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Fbspot: Control Facebook Account From iPhone Spotlight Search [Cydia]

There are countless tweaks available at the Cydia store for jailbroken iOS devices. Some are really useful, while others are there to just make up the numbers. FBspot is a tweak which falls somewhere in between the two categories. The functionality it offers is, admittedly, pretty minor, but many iPhone users who like Facebook might [...] (more…)

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EasyFind: Mac OS X Spotlight Replacement With Better Search Options

Although Mac’s Spotlight is an efficient index-based search feature, it’s devoid of some advance search options such as search file content, keyword-based search modes, etc., which compel users to consider third-party file search tools to find files, folders and content inside files with more speed and options. One such powerful application for Mac OS X [...] (more…)

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winLight Is Windows Search Alternative To Spotlight On Mac

This is one app everyone should keep tab of. winLight is a new upcoming tool touted to be Windows replacement for Spotlight on Mac. For those who don’t know, Spotlight is the default search feature on Mac which is simply brilliant. It would be immensely difficult to create an exact copy of Spotlight for Windows [...] (more…)