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Can't seem to find a Menu Bar Dictionary

Been searching google; just looking for a simple Dictionary Mac Menu Bar

Posted on Jul 19, 2020 10:29 AM

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Posted on Jul 19, 2020 11:28 AM

I keep the Dictionary application that ships with macOS in the Dock about mid-screen for the least amount of mouse movement to click on it. You can also use a trackpad three-finger tap (must be configured in trackpad preference), or simply hover the pointer over a word you want to look up and press control+command+d to perform the lookup in place.


You can even use the Safari browser to open the Apple dictionary application to a chosen word by entering the following in the address field:


dict://word


Safari will open a panel requesting permission to allow it to open the Dictionary application. Click Allow. and then the definition of word would be shown.

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Jul 19, 2020 11:28 AM in response to raspberryaddiction

I keep the Dictionary application that ships with macOS in the Dock about mid-screen for the least amount of mouse movement to click on it. You can also use a trackpad three-finger tap (must be configured in trackpad preference), or simply hover the pointer over a word you want to look up and press control+command+d to perform the lookup in place.


You can even use the Safari browser to open the Apple dictionary application to a chosen word by entering the following in the address field:


dict://word


Safari will open a panel requesting permission to allow it to open the Dictionary application. Click Allow. and then the definition of word would be shown.

Can't seem to find a Menu Bar Dictionary

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