| Action | Open Spotlight Search |
| Shortcut | ⌘ + Space |
| Platform | Mac |
| Category | Spotlight & System |
On Mac, you open spotlight search with ⌘ + Space. Opens Spotlight to search your Mac and the web. It sits in the Spotlight & System group and is one of the Mac shortcuts people look up most, so it is worth committing to memory — it works the same way across almost every app that follows standard Mac conventions.
Open the app or screen where you want to open spotlight search.
Press ⌘ + Space.
Opens Spotlight to search your Mac and the web.