Find Any File searches your local disks for files by name, creation or modification date, size, or type and creator code (not by content, though).
As there are other tools with a similar search operation, here are the special features unique to Find Any File:
- Has a new hierarchical view of the found items, making it much easier to browse 100s of items (see the screenshot).
- Can run as root user, finding really any file on your disk, even those that are hidden from normal users.
- Can save queries and run them again later.
Unlike Spotlight (i.e., the Finder’s Find command), it does not access a pre-built database but searches the chosen volume directly. This allows you to find any file, even those inside packages and others excluded from Spotlight search. Hence it is great for finding system files, for example.
On the other hand, it may take a little longer than Spotlight, and it is only fast on HFS(+) volumes. But even on mounted network volumes of a Mac OS X server it can still be surprisingly fast.
Hence, this is not an entire replacement for Spotlight but it can come handy in certain, if not many, situations.
Version 2.3.3:
• Searching on new version of Google Drive is possible now.
• The toolbar options for “Invisibles”, “Package Contents” and “Trashed” are now using symbols instead of text in order to use up less space. If you hover over the symbols with the mouse, you can still read their meanings.
• Results now show the file names as they appear in Finder, including translated names and hidden extensions. To see the original (native) file name, use the View menu command “Show Untranslated File Names”.
• You can’t accidentally choose single keys as Hot Keys any more, unless you also press cmd (⌘), option (⌥) or ctrl. Though F-keys can still be used without modifiers.
• Fixes all reported crashes, freezes and issues.
Compatibility
macOS 10.12 or later, 64-bit processor
Support M1 Apple silicon.
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