Tried HoudahSpot in demo mode, as I had bought a license (which turns out to be long expired) in a bundle a few years ago: this one has the function, but it doesn't work! Shows no results. I wonder how they got to version 4.9.3 without incorporating such basic features. Tried EasyFind: the app does not allow to choose to include or to exclude extensions or even specify that the files I'm looking for, should have names starting with a ".". Relaunched the app a few times - same story. I tried free alternatives - iFileX would crash even before the Ui would pop up. One thing I needed it for in particular (I'm sure, this app's utility is vastly greater than the purpose I availed of yesterday, and I believe, I'll utilise its other features soon, as well) - is listing all the invisible files across a number of subfolders (a few hundreds) in a certain folder. Hence, this is not an entire replacement for Spotlight but it can come handy in certain, if not many, situations.Ī very useful utility that works to expectation. But even on mounted network volumes of a Mac OS X server it can still be surprisingly fast. On the other hand, it may take a little longer than Spotlight, and it is only fast on HFS(+) volumes. Hence it is great for finding system files, for example. This allows you to find any file, even those inside packages and others excluded from Spotlight search. Unlike Spotlight (i.e., the Finder's Find command), it does not access a pre-built database but searches the chosen volume directly. Can save queries and run them again later. Can run as root user, finding really any file on your disk, even those that are hidden from normal users.Has a new hierarchical view of the found items, making it much easier to browse 100s of items (see the screenshot).Find Any File searches your local and network disks for files by name, creation or modification date, size or kind.Īs there are other tools with a similar search operation, here are the special features unique to Find Any File:
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