How to Use Channels for Searching in Mac OS 9

Searching your hard drive or the Web is easier with "channels" (search sets) in Sherlock 2 under Mac OS 9.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Mac OS 9.0

1. Open Sherlock 2 by clicking on the Apple menu and Sherlock, or by pressing Command-F in the Finder. You will see six preset channels, or search sets: Internet, People, Shopping, Headlines, Apple and Reference.

2. Select the Internet channel to search multiple Web sites.

3. Pick the People channel to find a person's location, e-mail address and phone number (if available).

4. Choose the Shopping channel find merchandise, prices, availability, and so on, using multiple e-commerce and auction Web sites.

5. Use the Headlines channel to find the latest news.

6. Select the Apple channel to find Apple products, tech information and the Apple Web site.

7. Use the Reference channel to look up information in a dictionary, thesaurus or encyclopedia.

Tips & Warnings

• To search on an internal hard drive, click on the picture of the disk drive in Sherlock, then type your search.