TIP: Instantly Find And Hear Music/SFX Clips Without Opening Any App.

I am usually the last person to discover something so please accept my apologies if you already know this!
I was just watching a free Wind Blur Transition tutorial on genius.com and came across what I think is a very useful audio tip for locating and listening to music and sound effects quickly.
1. Click on the Finder in the dock to open the window and press Cmd F to put it in "Search" mode.
2. Change the "Any" button to "Music" and type a "descriptive" word in the search box.
At this point any music and sound effects you have with that word in the title will appear.
To listen to any one of them instantly simply highlight its name (by clicking it) and press the space bar.
It will start playing immediately.
To instantly hear another before the end of the playback just highlight another tune and that will start playing automatically.
Some of you, who have not loaded any sound effects may be surprised to hear that every Mac comes loaded with hundreds of sound effects hidden away in the Audio folder.
If you would like to see the tutorial click here:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okek9pezSoc&p=0860F7B105EDCA6A&playnext=1&index=2 5
The audio tip starts about 1 minute 17 seconds in.

Hi -
I cannot overstate the power of QuickLook. I believe it first appeared in Tiger(?) or Leopard.
It has completely changed the speed and ease of finding elements, and has, when combined with Spotlight - in my case, eliminated the need of a media database (iView Media Pro, which was bought by Microsoft and turned into Expression Media).
MtD

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