You can directly start writing your mail, instead of having to face your inbox first. If you need to send a quick email, simply press Command + Shift + I and the Mail app will launch with the compose mail window open inside it. This shortcut only works in the default Mail app, which isn’t really good, but can still prove to be a timesaver in certain situations. Simply select the text that you want to run a Google search on, and press Command + Shift + L, and your Mac will automatically launch Safari, and look it up in Google for you.
While this is a completely acceptable way to do this, let me tell you about a much easier method.
How do you go about doing this? Most people would select the text, launch safari, paste it into the address bar and hit Return. Say you’re reading a book in iBooks or a PDF file mailed to you by your co-worker, and there is something written in there, that you want to run a Google search on.