Other Versions
Find Any File is Shareware
You may try it out without buying first. Simply download it from this website (but not from the App Store).
If you keep using it you are expected to pay for it, though.
Find Any File (FAF)
Key Features
- Convenient folder and icon views for results
- Can search in other users' home folders ("root" mode)
- Searches can be saved for easy re-use
- Can be launched with a self defined keyboard shortcut
Links
New in version 2.6:
- AppleScriptable.
- Columns for Comments, Trashed, Hidden.
- Finding Comments is more reliable.
New in version 2.5:
- Adds a Name without Extension rule.
- Can search modern Time Machine backups (APFS snapshots)
- Faster search on Synology and QNAP, as well as on Windows shares with Everything.
- New script for finding duplicate files.
New in version 2.4:
- Scriptable rules for powerful and complex searches.
- File content search now finds text inside zip files, including .docx (Word) and .xlsx (Excel) files
- Support for Default Folder X and BBEdit.
- See the Version History for a detailed list of changes.
About Find Any File – Professional Version
A Pro license has to be purchased separately from the regular $6 license. It's not available yet, but will probably cost around 50-60 USD.
With a Pro license, FAF will offer the following extra features:
- Much faster search times on file servers (NAS, such as WD My Cloud and other Linux and macOS based servers), as long as they allow ssh access.
Where FAF usually takes several minutes to find items on a server, this will now be finished in seconds. (Mainly applies to search for file names and modification dates but not to content search inside documents, yet.).
If you're using a Synology or QNAP NAS, please see setting up search with Synology or setting up search with QNAP. - Super fast search on Windows servers if you install the software Everything. FAF then uses Everything's HTTP server to perform searches for file names. Everything setup instructions.
The Pro feature is currently in development and not offered for purchase, yet!
Contact me directly for a temporary Pro license if you like to help testing this.
To learn about other ways to search on network volumes, see Searching on File Servers.
How do tell if you have a Pro license
If you just purchased FAF, here or in the App Store, usually at $6 to $15, you do not have a Pro license.
A Pro license is identified in FAF's About window:
If you do not see "Pro" there, you have a regular license.