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Spotlight

system-wide desktop search feature of Apple's OS X operating system
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Spotlight

Summary

Spotlight is an application software[1]. Spotlight draws 166 Wikipedia views per month (application_software category, ranking #48 of 451).[2]

Key Facts

  • Spotlight's instance of is recorded as application software[3].
  • Spotlight's instance of is recorded as desktop search[4].
  • Spotlight's genre is desktop environment[5].
  • Spotlight's developer is recorded as Apple Inc.[6].
  • Spotlight's copyright license is recorded as proprietary license[7].
  • Spotlight's operating system is recorded as macOS[8].
  • Spotlight is part of macOS[9].
  • Spotlight is used for desktop search[10].
  • Spotlight's Commons category is recorded as Spotlight (software)[11].
  • Spotlight's official website is recorded as http://developer.apple.com/macosx/spotlight.html[12].
  • Spotlight's official website is recorded as http://support.apple.com/de-de/HT2531[13].
  • Spotlight's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+59'}[14].
  • Spotlight's name in kana is recorded as スポットライト[15].
  • Spotlight's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[16].

Body

Geography

Spotlight is part of macOS[9].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include application software[3] and desktop search[4].

Why It Matters

Spotlight draws 166 Wikipedia views per month (application_software category, ranking #48 of 451).[2] Spotlight has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Spotlight is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Apple Inc. application macOS

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Alexa Internet. Retrieved . alexa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · Anticeri · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Genre → desktop environment
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