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Find File... Like System 7's Find File feature. More comprehensive results than Spotlight for finding-by-name.

No frills, just does one thing and does it well. Free!

WHAT'S NEW
Version 0.3:
  • Fixes crash during search
  • Supports dragging from items found
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.5, only searches HFS/HFS+ local volumes

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Developer:John R. Chang
Downloads:6,706
  - Version d/l:5,451
Utilities:File Management
License:Free
Date:28 Dec 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
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Dec 29 2008

OSSIE  Assuming most times you'll already be in a Finder window, add the app to the toolbar. With a Finder window open, click on the app wherever you've saved it and drag it to the Finder window's toolbar, waiting a second or two for it "to take." Then whenever you need to invoke it and you are in a Finder window merely click the icon.  
(Version 0.3)

praisebury
+6
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Dec 25 2008

JCMDESIGN  Says "Platform: Intel" however it runs fine on my PPC G5, and is so much faster than Spotlight.  
(Version 0.1)

praisebury
+5
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Dec 25 2008

CHRISB1  This is a Universal app (e.g. see Finder info window) - it'll run on PPC & Intel.

Christian [macparc.ch]  
(Version 0.1)

praisebury
+1

Dec 28 2008
*****

BRUSETH  Very nice app. Very fast too. The original version crashed when I tried to use it. I emailed the author the crash log, and about an hour later he emailed me back with a new version that works great. Thanks for the fine app. Keep up the good work.  
(Version 0.2)

praisebury
+3
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Dec 25 2008

KNOWHOWE  Great little piece of efficient nostalia that does what it says really well and takes up hardly any space. I'll be using this a lot. Thanks!  
(Version 0.1)

praisebury
+3
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Jan 1 2009

TINGTING  Totally cool. I dislike Leopard Spotlight immensely because I can't find the files I want to when deleting an app or finding a pref file. This finally brings back ease to searching on a Mac. I do wish it remembered my preferred window size whenever it opened a window though. I have to resize every time.  
(Version 0.3)

praisebury
+2
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Dec 29 2008
*****

HODAGACZ  So fast it makes Spotlight look like a gimpy snail (not difficult I know). A really wonderful and FREE piece of kit.  
(Version 0.3)

praisebury
+2
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Dec 29 2008

ARVIDTP  This program just helped me fix a months old problem with iDVD by locating for me every file with iDVD in the name - so I found iDVD's cache files in /Library/Caches, trashed them, and now buttons in iDVD work correctly! This utility now has a place in my finder window toolbar right next to the spotlight search field.  
(Version 0.3)

praisebury
+2
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Dec 27 2008
*****

ARVIDTP  Excellent little app! Great for finding files in /Library or ~/Library.  
(Version 0.2)

praisebury
+2
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Mar 18 2009

RORO01  An option to include/exclude package contents is missing. Many of us are not interested in looking for files inside these packages.  
(Version 0.3)

praisebury
+1
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Dec 29 2008

THEBRIX2008  This is better than Spotlight, which is not hard, and even Path Finder's search, which is surprising. I thought the second was unbeatable, but this one finds everything - often several times more items. And it is more usable - the breadcrumb list at the bottom is a nice touch.

It would be useful if a double-click on a folder could be configured to either open in Finder or open in Path Finder (or any other Finder replacement?); that would integrate everything nicely.  
(Version 0.3)

praisebury
+1
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