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Apple’s Spotlight upgrades look like a power-user dream

David Pierce

created: June 9, 2025, 6:24 p.m. | updated: June 9, 2025, 8:46 p.m.

This year’s WWDC is shaping up to be surprisingly focused on power users. But Mac power users in particular are going to really fall for two things: the new Spotlight, and the new Shortcuts. If you’re in an app, you can open Spotlight and use it to search through all the menu options in the app. Image: AppleTrue power users won’t be blown away by these features, because they’ve been using them for years. More exciting: you can now set Shortcuts to run automatically on your Mac, either at a specific time of day or when you do something specific.

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