Spotlight on Mac, iPad, and iPhone is _great_. It's useful for more than just basic search & web search, though. > [!tip] Quickly Open Spotlight: `cmd + spacebar` or the 'search' button on your phone home screen # Quick Commands ## Launching Apps > [!quote] Maps ## Calendar Entries > [!quote] Go to the store at 3pm ## Photo Search > [!quote] photos of ___ ## Calculations & Conversions > [!quote] 225 lbs in kg ## Contact Actions > [!quote] Jim > ... followed by tapping on the action to take (e.g. message) ## Quick Settings Change > [!quote] WiFi ... although this isn't super helpful # Spotlight > Shortcuts Spotlight's biggest superpower is the ability to call up [[Shortcuts App]] shortcuts to do whatever you can think of. Here's a incomplete list of those I built/use frequently. ## New Task Receives text. Attempts to parse a date. Pushes the text (& optionally, date) to my Notion "Tasks" database [[Task Manager]] using a Google Apps Script Web App as an intermediary. ## Track PDW Thing Shoots out to a boatload of shortcuts that ultimately write to the [[PDW]]. **** ## Source - Experimentation ## Related