HoudahSpot is a versatile and easy-to-use desktop search tool for Mac. It combines the speed of Spotlight with precise search criteria, flexible results display and previews to help to find the right document, music, photo, or video file.
Version: 6.2HoudahSpot is an versatile desktop search application. It builds upon Spotlight, which comes preinstalled with macOS. It makes Spotlight both more powerful and easier to use.
License: Free To Try $34.00
Operating System: Mac OS X
Homepage: www.houdah.com
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HoudahSpot provides a clear and structured interface that focuses on file search.
It gets you to your files as quickly as possible.* Find files by name, text, content kind, author, pixel count, etc.* Combine criteria to narrow down search results
* Specify which folders to search and which ones to exclude
* Add any of the hundreds of columns available
* Apply filters to reduce search results to only the relevant items
- Preview files and text matches
* Open files and, where the application supports it, continue searching for text matches by pressing command-G (Find Next)
HoudahSpot is indispensable to unearth hard-to-find files. It also works great as a replacement to the default Spotlight interface.
If you've ever had a hard time finding a file before, this is what you've been looking for.
Version 6.2: * Updated for compatibility with macOS Monterey 12.4
Version 6.1.11: * Works around a macOS Monterey bug where searches can return duplicate results * Fixes an issue with Quick Look preview for documents stored in DEVONthink * Fixes an issue with enhanced Quick Look previews for XMP sidecar files
Version 6.1.10: * Works around a macOS Monterey 12.1 bug where searches by "Kind" fail * Works around an issue where HoudahSpot may hang when an external drive is connected
Version 6.1.9: * Fixes a bug with the keyboard shortcut to activate HoudahSpot * Addresses a situation where the suggested value for a folder filter where not updated * Fixes a few rare bugs and crashes
Version 6.1.8: * Updated for macOS 12 Monterey * Improved Quick Look support for documents stored in DEVONthink * Fixes a crash when loading certain saved searches or search templates
Version 6.1.6: * Works around a crashing bug on macOS 10.14 Mojave * Updates the HoudahSpot Mail plug-in for compatibility with the latest macOS 12 Monterey beta
Version 6.1.5: - When searching for DEVONthink items, HoudahSpot now suggest known database names - Added menu items and keyboard shortcuts to toggle (show/hide) File Info and Text Preview windows - Fixes a situation where HoudahSpot erroneously reported waiting for an Apple Mail search
Version 6.1.2: - Improves status update while waiting for the Apple Mail app search plug-in - Fixes minor bugs
Version 6.1.1: HoudahSpot can now find Apple Mail messages tagged by SmallCubed's MailTags plug-in; HoudahSpot searches message keywords and project names. HoudahSpot is now available on Setapp [ https://www.houdah.com/setapp.html ]: a subscription service for Mac and iOS apps.