Find Any File2.1.1

What is the purpose of Find Any File when Finder is already installed on my iMac? Thank you.

Great app. And, I'm confused now... the developer says "Version 2.0 is a 64 bit application, ready for macOS 10.15 Catalina. However, my System Report (from OS 10.14.6) shows this app as a NON-64 Bit App that will not work with Catalina. Has anyone upgraded yet and determined IF this app actually does or does NOT work with Catalina?

download link is for V1.93, a 32 bit version.

…Addendum: A request to the developer. When copying and pasting the size data in bytes from the Info pane in Finder (to look for files of byte-for-byte identical size, for instance), the dot(s) (as, in, "1.832.745.521 bytes", for instance) don't automatically get parsed (if that's the right term), into a format that Find Any File recognises (i.e., don't get translated into a dot-less format), thus necessitating a manual deletion of the dot(s) on the user's part. When working with large quantities of files, deleting every dot in the search bar becomes a bit of a chore. Another suggestion would be to expand the scope of search options with more criteria, such as "file type" (i.e., a document, an image, an audio or a video file, an email, a PDF, etc.), rather than only "Is / Isn't a Folder" alone. Other than these two shortcomings (that I can think of out of My head), the app is very useful and well implemented!

The one star in this review is just to counter the hyped-up anti-EasyFind reviews here. No doubt that Find Any File finds (almost) everything on a hard drive.

Howevver, in all of my about 10 tests in which I ran EasyFind and Find Any File next to each other both applications finished almost simultaneously, being not even a second apart.

And, guess what - Easyfind found in ALL searches exactly one file more than Find Any File. Why? Because Find Any File does not include the little "faf" files that it creates for each search in its results. I don't know about anybody else but in my book that clearly and indisputably means that it does not find "any" file, just "almost any" file.

One other thing: Although I had in my searches defined that I do NOT want to have package contents included in the results Find Any File showed them initially in its results, making me initially belief that it had indeed found more files than EasyFind. I actually would not rule out that the Find Any File maker wants this to happen so that his (not free) applications looks better than the (free) EasyFind.

Here some of my search terms: teamviewer, indesign, carbon, splashtop, lazy, solar, nzb, xls. All searches were done on a "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" hard drive; I can not say how the applications compare on APFS drives.

Conclusion: The free utility EasyFind finds as many files as as the not so free utility Find Any File; both utilities search with the same speed.

I ran into a bizarre situation where the (High Sierra) Finder's own search would not find the word "sales" in downloaded "report-US-sales-xxxx" file names. That made it a chore to separate music sales reports from subscription and preview reports (those words work fine). The old EasyFind app works, but with no updates since 2014, I worried that it was abandoned. So I came back here looking for something new. It's amazing how many utilities also fail, or are obtuse in some other way like not being able to limit your search to the current Finder selection. Find Any File works nicely in all regards with a clean UI. Launch it with a hotkey, set range, find files, drag files out, done. It's well worth the six bucks. If I had one wish beyond the 64-bit version already in progress, it's that the "Find Items" range pop-up would remember its selection or default to a preference setting, so e.g. I wouldn't have to select "in Finder selection" every launch. Recommended.

ma come si fa a dare 5 stelle quando c'è easyfind che non costa niente ed è migliore

Faster than EasyFind. I have been using EasyFind for ages. Recently, it has slowed down. FAF is a saver: effectively replaced it.

Was the BEST ever. High Sierra finally broke it. Was so fast and easy, and nothing else is as fast/easy. Rats.

Does this still work with APFS?

I have this on my iMac and love it, use it all the time. But I am unable to install it on my Macbook Pro, and it's making me nuts. I get a message that Find Any File.app can't be opened because the identity of the developer cannot be verified. Help!

It seems Find Any File cannot be used in conjunction with services or Automator. It would be nice to be able to select a word in any application and then search for a file with that name in Find Any File.

Very good!!! When deleting protected files, the program asks for the admin password. Could you please make the text field for the password be focused, so I don't have to click on it first in order to enter the password?

This version crashes on launch. I am on OSX10.10.2

People may not realize what a wonderful tool FindAnyFile is for removing most all traces of an app you don't want on your Mac any more. Uninstaller's boast that they remove every last trace of an app but this is not the case. There are some files left in hidden places but the algorithm for a given uninstaller can't deal with these "orphans". FindAnyFile can. First, I use an uninstaller and search for all the files it can delete. i study the names of those files in the uninstaller's list before deleting them. Usually, within the file name is a unique and predictable naming sequence like com.JohnSmith.Goldmaker.plist. The developer's name is unique and the name of the app is unique. So, after uninstalling what the uninstaller can delete from my iMac, I use FindAnyFile in the simplest mode "Name contains_________" I scan using FindAnyFile on the developer's name "JohnSmith" and/or "Goldmaker" and get more hits, usually in the Private (hidden) folder and its sub-folders. Lots of hits like .bom files, receipts, etc. i carefully delete these files with FindAnyFile if I am SURE that the file has both developer.appname or the developer or the appname is truly so unique that i know without doubt that I am able to delete the file(s) without mistakenly deleting another app's file(s) or a shared file for an app by the same developer. This is advanced stuff and you have to know how to use Time Machine or be willing to reinstall an app or the whole operating system if you goof. But this is no different than using iTrash uninstaller which in advanced mode gives false hits plus that developer pushes iFileX which is just the same as FindAnyFile for this purpose. So, I have, in the end, a cleaner mac. Five Stars.

If you think this is better than iFileX, please tell why. I would like to hear some opinions.

Sheesh! I don't know where you guys are coming from. Mac's search ability is the OS' Achilles heel. Even when I know the exact name, Spotlight, or these third-party alternatives, never bring it to the top of the results list.

A must have app. for finding or uninstalling anything on your Mac.

Charging to use beta software. Not good. Easy Find is free and does it all, too. Perhaps even more.

WonderfulApp that I use frequently to find files that I can't find with Spotlight. The Option to find files using the option key is a Godsend.This is a great 5 star application that every Mac user should have.

I like the new ability to exclude folders from current and future search. FYI: When a folder shows up in the search results that you want to exclude, right click and select Reveal in Finder, then open FAF prefs and drag the folder from the Finder window to the Special Folders window in prefs.

I've noticed too late (after I already paid for), that the network search is uncomfortably slow.

For what it's worth, I just tried the same test search on my HD with the same text string, with EasyFind, IFileX and Find Any File. EasyFind missed around a quarter of the files the other two found (same search results) Both IFileX and Find Any File have the option of lists or hierarchical views, EasyFind just presents a list of files located. I guess it's a case of finding the app that suits you, but for me, IFileX works best for me, and it's free. Perhaps the best way to see is to try all 3 and see which works best for your needs.

tested it and - don't know whether i'm missing sth - could not create criteria with "containing any of ..." condition

Works great in ML too!! Love the hierarchical view. Reminds me of UltraFind (for OS Classic) which was waaaaaaay ahead of its time. All it needed was reindexing like Spotlight has. For the price this is a MUST HAVE!

Seems the "contains phrase" menu overlaps the text field adjacent. Love the new search criteria BTW.

Well done. just two comments/suggestions: 1.) should include metadata/tags as search criteria field to make it more useful (at least to me). 2.) should 'hide', rather than 'show', default search results for invisibles, package contents and trash.

FAF is one of the best and most useful tools out there. I purchased it directly from Tempel so they would not have to pay the 30% premium. I am running 1.7.2 and when I check for updates it says 1.7.2 is the newest version available. Do I need to download it directly from Tempel or MacUpdate?

What about the App Store? No mention here and only briefly mentioned on developer's web page.

Wow. 4 days after a reviewer complains about not being able to search app size an update is posted to add those functions. Nice work.

Not a big fan of the GUI but it is fast finding files even when Spotlight is disabled. Good app.

Tried it, deleted it. It most certainly didn't find the files I was looking (I knew the files exists but wanted to test drive). Especially searching files with filesizes is a no-go. Hence all applications and folders are marked as '-' (0 kb). So what is the use when you cannot search for folders and/or applications? Also locked up several time with the rainbow spinning wheel when trying to use more then 4 queries (first becoming unresponsive and then locks up).

I use this app for years, very good. For me, this is the best uninstaller – type in app name, hold down the option (alt) key and click "Find all". Then easily delete all the stuff directly in the list using cmd+backspace. Worth every cent.

Sorry to say but this app doesnt work very well at all. Just try to find any file with a filesize set bigger then 100000. It doesnt find any .app file that should be shown - it only shows the files inside the package. Mostly useless imo Also, the UI freezes when searching, most probably because this was written in realbasic. The result window is also not that great to look at - too simple (read: outdated) Said this, it works for simple filename searching but paying for this is not recommended.

Starts very slowly on first launch in Lion.

How does one search for a whole word that's part of a file name? In my case I was looking for a file with the word "hi" in its title. What FAF found was all the file names that contained those two letters i.e., thing, white, child, high, etc.

When is 1.6.1 going to be made available to the app store?

Well, we see someone grumping about the cost but I go the other way. I wish the author would charge $10 and turn it into a fully-featured, bug-free, stable tool. Apple's Spotlight does not work reliably. So utility like Find Any File is very much needed. Urgently! But unfortunately, FAF does not work unreliably either. Say I have a folder full of files with names like file01.jpg, file02.jpg, file03.jpg that were downloaded from the newsgroups. Say I accidentally download them again because they were in a second group. Now,I have folder full of file01-02.jpg, file02-02.jpg, file03-02.jpg. What I want is search for al files with a name that includes -02.jpg. FAF will not find all of them. And I don't know why. And there are many other features that could be added, to turn FAF into a fully-featured, stable, bug-free tool. Come to think of it, $10 is nothing. I would happily pay $25 for something that does this and works reliably. Until something like that comes along, FAF is useful but limited. And by the way, MacUpdate itself has its own damned annoying bugs. I give it two stars!

I agree that this is a valuable product, but I'm unhappy that its status has changed so that it's no longer available for free. I would prefer that the developer announce that development for this product has ceased and that the same functionality as well as added features now exist in a new product. As documentation suggested, I did discover an action that appeared to remove the purchase requirement, but in the interest of good will, I don't intend to share it. Again, it's a great product, but please simply retire it and offer a different product if you find you need to require a fee.