Spotlight Review

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Review of Spotlight powered by the Slant community.

Spotlight pulls information from new sources like Wikipedia, news sites, Maps, iTunes, movie listings, and more.

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Pros

Pro
Native to OS X

Spotlight comes packaged with OS X and iOS.

Pro
Intuitive

Cons

Con
Limited customization

Allows for very little customization, not theming, and no custom scripting.

Con
No longer launches applications at all in Sierra

After updating to Sierra, typing an application name in Spotlight results in "No Results" or random wikipedia matches. True even after reloading com.apple.metadata.mds.plist and adding/removing "Macintosh HD" on the "Privacy" tab. Launchpad still works.