Preview & Watch Videos Directly in Spotlight

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<p>From Mac OS X Lion and onward, videos and movie files can be previewed and played directly in the Spotlight search results menu. To try this out for yourself:</p>

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<li>Hit Command+Space and search for a movie or video file</li>

<li>Hover over the video search result until the thumbnail preview pops up to the left</li>

<li>Hover over the thumbnail to find a “Play” button</li>

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<p>This isn’t really a viable option to watch a long video, but it is extremely useful to quickly locate a specific video or a scene within some movie file without opening a ton of individual files into QuickTime Player. </p>

<p>A similar feature lets you <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/03/09/play-movie-files-directly-within-the-finder/">play videos directly in a Finder window</a>, that feature works in Mac OS X 10.6 and earlier as well.</p>

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