>I have been using LaunchBar for many years and am surprised by all the fuss >about Spotlight (which as far as I can see is a fancier LaunchBar). > >Could someone in the know explain the difference? In LaunchBar you type >Command/Space and a menu drops down. You type a few characters in the name >of the file you are looking for (or the application or Web site or folder, >etc.) and the relevant files, applications, folders and web sites are >listed. You just click on the one that you are looking for and it is >immediately launched. > >LaunchBar is about $20. Spotlight is in Tiger that costs $150 Cdn. Spotlight is but one feature of Tiger. Spotlight will show you all of the documents and files within your hard drive the *reference* or speak of your search terms. i.e. It will show you the documents, emails, pdf, etc, that have the search words that you are looking for *within the documents*, not just the fact that the files are named with the search term. -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Robert Ameeti The geek shall inherit the earth. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>