How to Search the Web from Spotlight on a Mac

This wikiHow will teach you how to search the web from Spotlight, Mac's searching system. Open Spotlight. Click on the magnifying glass in the upper-right-hand corner of the screen.

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On OS X Yosemite and Newer
On OS X Mavericks or Older

Method 1 of 2:

On OS X Yosemite and Newer

Open Spotlight. Click on the magnifying glass in the upper-right-hand corner of the screen.
1. Alternatively, press ⌘ Command+Space.
Type in your search query. Search results will pop up while you type.
1. Don't press ↵ Enter, as this will automatically select the first result.
Select one of the webpage suggestions. The page will open in your default browser.

Method 2 of 2:

On OS X Mavericks or Older

Open Spotlight. Click on the magnifying glass in the upper-right-hand corner of the screen.
Enter your search query.
Click "Search Web for…" from the context menu that appears.
1. If you want to narrow your results down to, say, Wikipedia, click "Search Wikipedia for…" to automatically search Wikipedia in your default browser.

Isabella Humphrey

Update 04 March 2020

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