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I can't believe I didn't know this

TheMonarch

TheMonarch

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First of all, I love OSX' system-wide dictionary/spell check, second, Dictionary.app searches wiki! 😀😱🙂 How did I not know this before, and how long has it been a feature? I love it!

Its the little things like this that make me a happy Mac user :apple:
 

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It came with Leopard, there were quite a few people complaining about the feature before it was released, saying they didn't want it and so forth.

Weird people.

I personally don't use it much, but I can see how it could be useful.
 
Pardon the ignorance..I'm new to mac.. I don't even understand what that feature is that you love? Can you please explain!

thanks
 
The wiki search is cool!
Something else I found after downloading a tips podcast from iTunes (Apple Quick Tips, Tip 45, 21/04/08). It's cool!
highlight a word in any cocoa app (pages, adium, textedit etc) then hit
CMD + CTRL + D
Shweet! 😀

if you hold down the key combo you can move the cursor around and highlight any word you like. Check out the podcast

ckesten; the OP was talking about the ability to search wikipedia from within Dictionary.app by clicking th dictionary tab
 
pjrobertson said:
. . . highlight a word in any cocoa app (pages, adium, textedit etc) then hit
CMD + CTRL + D
Shweet! 😀

if you hold down the key combo you can move the cursor around and highlight any word you like. Check out the podcast
Click to expand...

You don't even have to highlight - just click the cursor anywhere over the word and do CMD+CTRL+D and it brings up the definition.
 
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