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DESCRIPTION
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.
- Is quite fast: About 10 times faster than EasyFind 4.0.1 when searching for a file name (Mac Pro with 2 million files, searching "httpd.conf": EasyFile: 150s, this app: 15s)
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.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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| Find Any File User Reviews (28 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Aug 29 2009 |
MAC66GRAPHICS Much easier to use than Houdah Spot[which is pricey] and the price here is right FREE. I use Find Any File FIRST and it has ALWAYS delivered and saved me time. Dare I say, I'd be willing to pay for the next update. Keep up the good work. YOU are much appreciated. and easy 5 out of 5 stars,
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 | Jul 14 2009 |
RONL Just found this and one of the features that I really am glad to see is the hierarchical results with the items searched for in bold. I used UltraFind for many years (years ago) with the Classic Mac OS and loved it. Hopefully this will be somewhat like it (again... I just started using it...)
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| Jul 8 2009 |
XENOPHILE I've tried all the search utilities I can find, and FAF is without question the best of its kind. By separating the search and results into different windows, FAF permits one to easily tweak search operators and compare results. The search window alone is wonderfully Mac-like and makes the addition of new search operators and fields effortless. But where FAF shines is its results window, which displays hits in either the familiar list format, or in a novel hierarchical file system view. What makes the file system view so wickedly powerful is that when a user searches for a file, he usually has some idea of where it is, or at least where it is not, so it's easy to drill into the file hierarchy and look at search hits only in relevant places. Very, very cool. It's a shame FAF is getting fewer downloads than some competitors like Devon's EasyFind, because FAF kicks Devon's runt app into next week. I give FAF 7 out of 5 stars - one extra for being free (many thanks to the developer), and one extra for being insanely good. separating
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| Jun 15 2009 |
TH3 J0K3R This is an amazing app. I use it to uninstall other apps and find all the stuff that came with them. I didn't know this before but by holding the option key you can use the 'Find All' feature to search for files across all user accounts on your Mac. Thanks Dev.
(Version 1.2.1) | |
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| May 26 2009 |
ARVIDTP fantastic little utility!
(Version 1.2.1) | |
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| May 22 2009 |
THEL I'm in love! Marry me? [*rotfl*] But seriously... Sherlock 2 & Spotlight have always driven me crazy. For half a decade I've been using Sherlock 2.1 (from Mac OS 8.6!) in X's Classic Mode in order to do quick searches by Creation Date et al. Because of your wonnnnderful application, I can finally stop doing that. :::happy-dance::: Thank You!
(Version 1.2.1) | |
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| May 22 2009 |
Works so much better than command-F in the finder. And it found a 'hidden' file for me. Excellent application that everyone should have.
(Version 1.2.1) | |
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| May 13 2009 |
MYSTERY TRAMP Really nice piece of work. The developer should be commended. | |
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| May 5 2009 |
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Great app! Finds *way* more results than Spotlight, including system files and hidden files. The checkbox to include/exclude package contents is a godsend. Furthermore, the results window acts like a Finder window, so a double-click opens the file and a right-click brings up the normal Finder's contextual menu.
And wow, is it fast. And free.
Yeah, it crashed on me once - but I'll give it five stars anyway.
(Version 1.1.2) | |
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 | May 11 2009 |
TEMPEL I think I've identified the crash, which happened when one switched back to the Find window after a search. Should be fixed in v1.2
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