Find Any File versions

Immediately locate files from your local folders and external storage devices.
2.4
Feb 12, 2024
2.3
Jun 17, 2021
1.9
Apr 26, 2017
Editorial review
rating
1.8
Mar 25, 2012
Editorial review
rating
1.5
Dec 23, 2010
Review
1.4
Apr 22, 2010
Review

What's new

v2.4 [Jun 2, 2023]
v2.4.1:
• Fixes a crash when searching certain (network or encrypted) volumes
v2.4 (released June 1, 2023):
• The rule "Name ends with" now excludes the extension, so that “Name ends with pies” finds a file named “Recipies.txt”.
• The “Path” rule now matches on the entire path, not just on the item's enclosing path any more.
• The rule “Kind is not Video” does now correctly exclude video files.
• The search rules have been re-arranged and modernized.
• Fixes issues with searching Google Drive.
• When choosing the iCloud folder as a search location, FAF will search all iCloud related application folders, not just the "iCloud Drive" folder.
• Searching a folder (instead of entire volume) now properly skips excluded folders again.
• When performing another search while looking at the results of a previous search, the new Results window won't pop up in front any more.
• Improvements to displaying results in Dark Mode.
• The menu bar now offers a "Join Beta Program" command, for getting access to pre-releases of FAF in the future, via Apple's TestFlight program.
• The purchase date in the About window is now shown correctly.
• Issues with the Toolbar in the Results window have been fixed. Now you can choose to show the smaller icons or the wider text labels. To do that, ctrl-click into the toolbar to customize it, and drag the desired toolbar items in or out.
• Determining the Finder selection doesn't stall FAF any more (this used to happen whenever FAF was activated).

v2.3 [Jun 17, 2021]
• Native support for Apple Silicon (M1)
• Works better with VoiceOver
• Right-click menu in Icon view works again
• Resolves several crashes and performance issues

v1.9 [Apr 26, 2017]
- Several crashing fixes.

v1.8 [Mar 25, 2012]
- No more crash when using "Find All" on OSX 10.9 (Mavericks).
- Shows new Tags instead of Label in OSX 10.9 (Mavericks).
- Searching "in Finder selection" now also works if folder in Finder is open with nothing selected in it.
- When nothing is found, a notification is shown (OSX 10.8 and later).
- Dragging found files to a Finder window of the same volume moves them again.
- Dragging a file into a search field enters the file's name again, not its entire path.
- Does not consume excessive CPU time any more when showing results.
- Prevents an occasional crash when moving items to the Trash.

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