Comments on: Use Spotlight as a Calculator

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:09:22 +0000

@MBAP

It looks like using the ^ power symbol in Spotlight is a new feature in Snow Leopard, as it works when I tested it on my SL MacBook Pro but not on my Leopard iMac.

By: MBAP

MBAP — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:18:56 +0000

hmmm. works for some but not for all?
am running OS X(10.5.8).
In Spotlight, when I enter the expression 3.54*(12/3)^3 it produces no result.
It’s been some forty years since math ed, but I understand this expression to mean: multiply 3.54 by the result of 12 divided by 3 to the power of 3.
Further, when I use the calculator (scientific) I get the result (3.54 * pow((12 / 3), 3)
= 226.56).
any thoughts?
Disclaimer: I am not now nor have I ever been a mathematician, computer programmer or full-time Mac user.

By: Brent Shepherd

Brent Shepherd — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:14:09 +0000

Awesome. That’s a handy replacement for the recently deceased Quicksilver calculator plugin.

I still find myself trying to do calculations in Quicksilver. Unfortunately, 10.6 broke that and many other QS plugins.