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Daily Trick 28. Wikipedia Browser
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I believe we all have ever used Wikipedia and perhaps we often use it. And usually, we will use our web browser to search the entry of Wikipedia, won't we?
But using our Mac, it is not necessary for us to open web browser just to look for the entry in Wikipedia. It's because we can use our Dictionary.app to browse through Wikipedia entries.
But initially, you will need to enable Wikipedia as one of your Dictionary sources. Here are the steps to do it:
- Open your Dictionary.app and go to its Preferences
- Inside you can see many sources for your Dictionary. You should choose the one labelled Wikipedia, tick it, and drag it to the first order
- After you've done this setting, you can type in your search term and the search result will be grabbed from Wikipedia
Of course with similar steps as above, you can also enable Thesaurus or other dictionaries as the source.
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10 Comments
J. Paul
is there a way to add other languages to the dictionary app or other sources?? thank u for sharing this cause i was 1 of those who "use our web browser to search the entry of Wikipedia" ^^ now i can do searches faster.
alex
Me too.. I always opened Safari to search in Wikipedia.. thanks for the tip, it's actually very useful! Let me say once again that I really love this site!
Still Sparkling
Don't forget: Command + 0 That allows you to look up your word in all available sources at once (i.e. in the dictionary, thesaurus, and Wikipedia simultaneously). What I want to know is if there's a way to add other other search sources, like The Urban Dictionary, About.com or even imdb.com and flickr. Sometimes I know what the word means or who the person is, but I just want further clarification or an image. Being able to add other search sources would be fantastic!
Brandon
Nice, I didn't know this. I would like to keep the dictionary as the first source, but I would like to search wikipedia at times. Is there a way to switch sources without changing the preferences? Like can I shuffle through sources?
Brandon
Ha, never mind, now I feel dumb. All the options are right there on the bar...
Saw Htoo
Thanks for sharing Tips and Tricks. This one is really useful as I have to use wikipedia everyday. Your site is really cool.
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