HoudahSpot for Mac

If you are not satisfied with Mac's Spotlight built-in search tool, you should use HoudahSpot. This application is not a replacement for Spotlight, but it is more flexible than Spotlight when it uses the technology that Spotlight does not have to search files on your computer. HoudahSpot works very similar to Spotlight, and you can find it with just a combination of keys or icons on the menu bar. The program offers a wide range of search options - and it will wait for you to complete a series of search terms, rather than giving you results as you type in the search term.

HoudahSpot can be confusing at first because it offers so many search options, giving you lots of criteria. In addition, you can specify the folder and directory where you want HoudahSpot to search, as well as you can perform Finder functions in HoudahSpot (such as previewing, copying, moving, copying and trimming. files). The most important part is that you can save regular searches as templates, and you can search right in the results to filter out the files you need. In addition, HoudahSpot has additional utilities such as built-in search for Long Lost Files - files that have been lost for a long time, and the ability to integrate with 3rd party applications such as LaunchBar.