The software is only available to developers in beta form right now—with a public beta expected soon—but Apple has already showcased several of the major features arriving later in the year with macOS Tahoe 26. Perhaps the most exciting of the bunch, if you take away the Liquid Glass redesign, is the upgrade coming to Spotlight.
With macOS 26, Spotlight will be more than a search tool: It'll also be able to launch apps and actions within those apps, and get at the contents of the clipboard. It's getting full integration with Shortcuts, too, so any automation you've set up can be launched via Spotlight.
Apple calls it the "biggest update ever" for Spotlight, with "intelligently" ranked results, support for third-party cloud drives, and a browse view that helps you see what's on your system even if you don't know exactly what you're looking for. App developers are also going to be able to support actions through Spotlight, though it may take a while before your favorite apps add the feature.
Even with all these changes, Spotlight can be launched in the same ways as before: via the magnifying glass icon on the menu bar (top right), or the Cmd+Space or F4 keyboard shortcuts. The first few times you open the search panel, you'll see instructions for using it, and after that you'll see bubbles to the right that represent apps, files, shortcuts, and the macOS clipboard.
You can use it as a file browser. Credit: LifehackerClick on any of these shortcuts to start browsing items in that category, with a sorting system that Apple says gets more personalized over time. Select the files icon for example (the folder symbol), to see recent files on your Mac. You can also cycle between these four different views by holding down the Cmd button and tapping 1 (apps), 2 (files), 3 (shortcuts), or 4 (clipboard).
Open up the shortcuts drop-down, and you get some suggestions for actions you can take, such as Send Message, Start Timer, or Create Note. On the right of these shortcuts you've got an Add quick keys button, so you can get to them faster. Scroll down the list and you'll see there are a whole host of options even before third-party apps are added, covering everything from maps to music.
The new-look Spotlight isn't just for launching tasks, either—it's also for completing them. Select Send Message, for example, and you can then write out your message and choose the recipient for it from within the Spotlight window—just click on the fields to enter the information, then hit Enter to confirm.
Actions can be completed through Spotlight. Credit: LifehackerOther ways you could use this would be to set timers for specific durations, and to append new text to an existing note. Everything works without you having to lift your fingers from the keyboard, and you don't necessarily need to switch to the relevant app either (emails can be sent in the background by Spotlight, for example).
Depending on the mode that Spotlight is in, you may be able to access more options by clicking on the three dots up in the top right corner of the window. In the case of the clipboard, for example, you can clear the clipboard history. When it comes to files and apps, you get some options relating to how items are shown on screen.
A host of actions are already supported. Credit: LifehackerAs you type in whatever you're looking for, you'll see Spotlight start to make suggestions in the panel beneath, not just for results you might be interested in but also in filters you might want to use. You can also type "/" (backward slash) followed by a filter—so "/icloud drive" would limit your results to the iCloud Drive folders. As before, you can run simple calculations and currency conversions in the Spotlight window too.
Overall it's a more comprehensive and more customizable Spotlight, and there's no doubt more to come as well as Apple further develops the feature—even if it may have been at least partly inspired by third-party apps that performed the same jobs already.
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