Utilities macOS
EasyFind
Find Mac files and folders by name, contents, tags or comments with EasyFind, a free search utility that works without an index.
- Operating system
- OS X El Capitan or later, according to the publisher
- Architecture
- Not specified on the cited publisher page
- Download package
- ZIP archive (EasyFind.app.zip)
Publisher-listed requirements only; this entry does not establish native Apple silicon support or compatibility with every newer macOS release.
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What is EasyFind?
EasyFind is a dedicated file-search utility for Mac users who want to search without relying on Spotlight's index. Select a location and look for files or folders by name, file contents, tags or comments. It is useful when you remember a phrase inside a document rather than its filename, or need a more specific matching rule.
Queries can use Boolean operators, wildcards, phrases and regular expressions. The results view provides previews and options for working with matching files; the source screenshot shows Quick Look, Reveal in Finder and sorting controls alongside the search settings.
Non-indexed searching has a tradeoff: Softonic notes that broad searches across large drives, especially searches inside files, can take longer than an indexed search. Narrow the location when you do not need to scan an entire drive. The publisher lists version 5.0.2 for OS X El Capitan or later and supplies a ZIP archive containing the Mac application. Processor architecture is not specified on the cited publisher page.
What it offers
- Search files and folders without building an index.
- Match names, file contents, tags or comments.
- Refine queries with Boolean operators, wildcards, phrases or regular expressions.
- Preview matching files and use the results view to reveal them in Finder.
Good to know
- Broad scans of large drives, particularly file-content searches, can take longer than indexed searches, according to Softonic.
- The cited publisher page does not identify processor architecture; native Apple silicon support is not established by this evidence.
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Sources
References used for this listing. Retrieval dates do not indicate hands-on testing.
- DEVONtechnologies | Needful Things — EasyFind ↗Retrieved
- EasyFind for Mac - Download ↗Retrieved
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