If you’ve followed my tips you’ll notice that I like gestures and all the new, revised, or previously existing gestures have a whole new life for me after the release of Mac OS X Lion. Now I use gestures more often on my Mac than ever before.
I’ve talked about some of my favorites and today I’ll share another one of those with you. I’ll show you how you can look up words in the Mac OS X dictionary with two taps on your track pad.
Simply place the focus of the mouse cursor over the word you want to look up and then tap the word twice with three fingers. If you are successful in selecting the word it is highlighted in yellow and a pop-up window will show the word’s definition from both a dictionary and Wikipedia.
If that doesn’t work for you check you System preferences for the Trackpad under Point & Click then make sure that you have Look up checked.
David W. Martin has more than 20 years of experience in the industry as a programmer, systems and business analyst, author, and consultant. David has written for CNET’s iPhoneatlas.com, MacLife.com, CultofMac.com, BYTE.com and recently for aNewDoman.net. He comes to Cult of Mac’s website with deep knowledge and passion for the all things Apple. Follow David on Twitter @david_w_martin or see what he’s up to now at davidwmartin.com.
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