Unlock Arc Search on Your Mac

What I Found

Set up Arc Search on your Mac by adding it as a custom site search in Arc, then trigger it from the address bar with.

Arc Search on iPhone is useful because it does more than hand you a list of links. You type a question, and it builds a quick answer with sources underneath so you can keep moving.

To use Arc Search on your Mac, open Arc's search engine settings, add a new site search entry, give it a shortcut like @search, and use the Arc Search URL with %s as the query placeholder. After that, type your shortcut in Arc's address bar, press Tab, enter your question, and Arc will open the AI-style search result.

What this video covers

  • What Arc Search Does
  • Why Use It On Mac
  • How To Set It Up
  • How To Use It
  • What To Expect

The short version

To use Arc Search on your Mac, open Arc's search engine settings, add a new site search entry, give it a shortcut like @search, and use the Arc Search URL with %s as the query placeholder. After that, type your shortcut in Arc's address bar, press Tab, enter your question, and Arc will open the AI-style search result.

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