This was one of my favorite little tidbits from the “50 Things Every Mac Geek Should Know” series in Mac|Life…

50 Things Every Mac Geek Should Know | Mac|Life:

“Spotlight is even smarter in Leopard than you thought! It can solve math problems too.

Attention, all English majors! The Calculator isn’t the fastest way your Mac can do basic math for you. If you waste time hunting for the Calculator in /Applications/Utilities, or even if you finally put the Calculator in your Dock, you needn’t have because Spotlight can do calculations for you, as long as you have OS X Leopard. All you need to remember is that * is multiplication, / (forward slash) is division, and + and – mean what they should. The next time you need to know what 589 + 785 is, press Command-Space to bring up Spotlight, type 589 + 785, and press Return.”

(Via MacLife.)

I just gave it a try!

Make sure to check out some of the other 49 “things”. Lots of great information there. I would love to hear what your favorites are…

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