Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Anthony Battle is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional. He earned the Chartered ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

As you may already be aware, Raycast is an incredible productivity tool. It functions similarly to a superpower hotkey, bringing up a command bar for nearly anything you can think of. However, we ...

The new Spotlight launcher tool coming to macOS this year looks and works a lot like the indie application Raycast. Here’s what they can both do, and how they differ. Two years ago I called Raycast ...

Melissa McCart is the lead editor of the Northeast region with more than 20 years of experience as a reporter, critic, editor, and cookbook author. Much like Daniel Boulud’s new (showier) Flatiron ...

I used Apple’s built-in Spotlight for almost everything for years, just like a lot of macOS users. I always used it to open apps, locate documents, and even make fast calculations. In most cases, it ...

As it does seemingly every year, Apple has introduced new features with iOS 26 and macOS 26 that target existing third-party apps. Here's what got hit at 2025's WWDC. It's a historical aberration to ...

MacOS might not be as efficient as most Linux desktops, but it's still a very productive OS. However, there's always room for improvement. One place that could use a productivity boost is Spotlight.

Raycast transforms how you get things done on a Mac. Photo: Raycast/Rajesh Pandey/CultOfMac Anyone who’s used a Mac for years understands the value of Spotlight search, as it can quickly help you ...