Sure, you need to launch the app, but once you pass through this step, you are on a roll. Similar to Everything for Windows, EasyFind is a free, and one of the best alternative for Spotlight out there. However, for the time being, we’ll nudge Alfred aside and talk about EasyFind - don’t forget to give a shot at Alfred app, if you haven’t done it already. One of the hugely popular app for Mac is Alfred, which does blow Spotlight out of the water. In this article, I’ll review one of my favorite search app available as a freebie for Mac OS X. That said, there are third-party tools available to make searching of files a breeze on Mac.
There are several shortcomings linked with Spotlight, but you can’t deny the fact that it’s the best, convenient search utility available, waiting for you all the time on the top right corner of your Mac. And when infected with indexing problems, Spotlight can be downright painful.Īlso, deleting files from Spotlight is a two-step process. Spotlight searches and indexes files of your hard drive, but displaying hidden, system files and folders is beyond its reach. If you are tuckered out with the limitations of Spotlight, check out the free alternative to help you regain faith in searching and organizing your files on your Mac.
