Are you a person who prefers to use the keyboard instead of the mouse. Spotlight, on Max OS X, makes a great application launcher. You can use Spotlight to launch any application right from your keyboard, and you don’t have to remember any commands.
To use Spolight to launch an application:
- Push Command (?) + Spacebar to activate Spotlight.
- Begin typing the name of the application you want to launch; for example, “Dr” for DreamWeaver. Spotlight will list items that begin with those letters.

- Use the Up or Down arrow key to make your selection.
- Once the application is selected, push the Return key. Mac launches the application.
- That’s it.
The beauty of this method is that it works no matter where you are. You can be in any application and lauch another applicaiton.