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Both Windows and macOS support calculations in their respective system-wide search bars (Win key on Windows vs Cmd-Space for Spotlight on macOS). They both supp

by smnscu 6y ago

Both Windows and macOS support calculations in their respective system-wide search bars (Win key on Windows vs Cmd-Space for Spotlight on macOS). They both support pretty cool stuff like sqrt(9), 13^37, but Spotlight edges it slightly by also support bit shifting like 1 << 10 == 1024.

vollmond 6y ago
I did not know this - thanks!
diarrhea 6y ago
Is this a Cortana feature? Nothing pops up for me (WIN key), and a search online reveals it seems liked to Cortana, which I seemed to have disabled.
- dockd 6y ago
  Start typing "calculator" after pressing WIN.
  - olyjohn 6y ago
    Win+R - Type in "calc" hit enter. Works every time, not only when Windows search decides to work.
throwaway_user6 6y ago
Nice tip, I just realized spotlight has currency and unit conversions that I typically get from google.