I assume that this is 10.7 only, and have not tested on 10.6. Can anyone confirm?
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I noticed the other day that if you do a Spotlight search, then select an item by moving the up- or down-arrow keys, you can then copy that item and paste it into the Finder. This works not only for files and folders, but also for contacts (it pastes a vcard), e-mail messages (it pastes an .emlx file), though it doesn't work for web pages in your History or for chats. Since you can drag files from the Spotlight menu (see this Macworld article), it makes sense that you can also copy them.
I assume that this is 10.7 only, and have not tested on 10.6. Can anyone confirm?
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10.7: Copy files from the Spotlight menu
It works in 10.6 as well.
10.6.8 also
Looks like it works in 10.6.8 at least. I tested by pulling down the spotlight menu in the upper right, searching on a document I knew was there, moving the arrow around to highlight it, COMMAND-C, and then clicked on the Finder and COMMAND-V.
10.7: Copy files from the Spotlight menu
Doesn't work here in 10.7.x.
10.7: Copy files from the Spotlight menu
It works for me in OS X 10.7.3.
10.7: Copy files from the Spotlight menu
Same here.
Remember too that you can Cmd-Opt-V to move a file you have copied. -ccs
Works similarly with calculations
If you enter a calculation in Spotlight, it will do the math and you can copy the result with Command-C.
Works similarly with calculations
It also works with dictionary |
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