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What is Sherlock?

So Who's Sherlock?

Starting with Mac OS 8.5, Apple replaced the Mac OS "Find" function with the much more powerful Sherlock, a feature that enables Macintosh users to search the Internet, using multiple search engines, directly from the MacOS desktop. You can also use it just like "Find" … in fact, it comes up by typing Command-F.

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