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- MacBook Pro 13.3" OS X 10.5.7 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
I'm new to Mac, intending to use both Mac and Windows.
On Windows, I'd shutdown by pushing the Windows Key then pushing U twice. Also, I could push Windows Key+R to open the run prompt, and run a batch file called shutdown that I'd put in the Path directory.
In fact, I open Firefox by Windows Key+R and typing firefox. Same goes with Pidgin, Thunderbird, Skype, iTunes, OpenOffice, VNC, GIMP, etc.
On my new mac, I can push Command+Space and open all my above-mentioned programs with the spotlight.
I'd like to know how to automate things for the Spotlight like this on a Mac. On Windows, I had to create shortcuts and put them in a directory that I added to the system-wide Path variable, so that I could launch them from the run prompt. I love that my Mac knows I want Firefox, Pidgin, Frostwire, etc. but I'd like to know how to add things like "shutdown" shutting my system down when I put it in the Spotlight.
(Also, I got a hibernate program to give me the Windows functionality of hibernation, and I use the Spotlight to hibernate now. It *is* an app though, so that's why I can use the Spotlight.)
Thanks!
On Windows, I'd shutdown by pushing the Windows Key then pushing U twice. Also, I could push Windows Key+R to open the run prompt, and run a batch file called shutdown that I'd put in the Path directory.
In fact, I open Firefox by Windows Key+R and typing firefox. Same goes with Pidgin, Thunderbird, Skype, iTunes, OpenOffice, VNC, GIMP, etc.
On my new mac, I can push Command+Space and open all my above-mentioned programs with the spotlight.
I'd like to know how to automate things for the Spotlight like this on a Mac. On Windows, I had to create shortcuts and put them in a directory that I added to the system-wide Path variable, so that I could launch them from the run prompt. I love that my Mac knows I want Firefox, Pidgin, Frostwire, etc. but I'd like to know how to add things like "shutdown" shutting my system down when I put it in the Spotlight.
(Also, I got a hibernate program to give me the Windows functionality of hibernation, and I use the Spotlight to hibernate now. It *is* an app though, so that's why I can use the Spotlight.)
Thanks!