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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:8,419
  - Version d/l:7,164
Utilities:File Management
License:Free
Date:28 Dec 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel

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Dec 31 2009
*****

UNCOY  Superb. You have your Mac Find File feature back, without all the beachball spinning of the incredibly slow DEVON EasyFind

Very similar features to FindAnyFile but FindFile is wrapped in Cocoa instead of RealBasic and seems faster on its feet.

Thanks John R. Chang for this wrapper!

PS. Please put up a website and a donation button.  
(Version 0.3)

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Dec 31 2009

UNCOY  Other advantage of Find File is that it uses no CPU in the background, while Find Any File uses about 1% CPU on Core2Duo 2.5Ghz.  
(Version 0.3)

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Apr 13 2009

PIECEMAKER  .  
(Version 0.3)

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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)

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Feb 2 2009
*****

ALGOS  Great little application. I find myself using it quite a lot.

The only thing which would make it perfect is Quick Look support for the files you have found!  
(Version 0.3)

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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)

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Dec 29 2008

AIKOUSHA  Get this to work like (or add features that will allow it to) the file search under 10.3 and it will be perfect.

Spotlight is practically useless as a "file"-search utility, Apple knows this, have since the first days of 10.4, and they just ignore the thousands of complaints. Blows my mind why they don't just port the routines to an app, and provide it to users.  
(Version 0.3)

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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)

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+6
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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)

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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)

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Dec 29 2008

SURFSPIRIT  It seems a rip off of the Easy Find, even the icon used to be the Easy Find icon, even way, Easy Find is lot better, with boolean searches and is also FREE!  
(Version 0.3)

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