Spotlight Preferences in System Preferences
The Spotlight System Preference appears as of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and is used to configure, fine-tune and adjust settings for Spotlight in the Mac OS.
Tabs[]
The Spotlight System Preference is divided into two tabs. There are two universal settings present in both tabs: keyboard shortcuts for the Spotlight menu and for the Spotlight window.
Search Results[]
In the Search Results tab, the user can choose which categories Spotlight should seek through.
Fourteen categories are available; each category can be turned on and off individually.
Privacy[]
Folders and disks which appear in the locations list (which can be added by clicking the "+" button or by dragging items into the list) will not be searched by Spotlight.
You can also remove items by choosing the item and clicking "-".
 System Preferences
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