HoudahSpot 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. 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.