Found
Found provides a lightning-fast, intuitive search experience that finds files across your Mac and personal cloud services, including Dropbox, Google Drive/Docs, and Gmail (attachments).
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- Mac OS X
found provides a lightningfast, intuitive search experience that finds files across your mac and personal cloud services, including dropbox, google drive/docs, and gmail (attachments).
with a double tap of the control key, found slides out to reveal its unique palette user interface. start typing and get immediate results with an instant, fullsized preview of nearly any file, even files in the cloud.
press coverage:"the key to found is speed." readwriteweb"once you install it on your computer, looking for things in found quickly becomes second nature." techcrunch"being able to preview all of the files fitting a search criteria without changing browsers or windows is pretty awesome." thenextweb"…people store so much personal data in the "cloud," that [just] searching your own local computer…kind of misses the point." cnet"…there are some nice touches that reflect smart, careful design…" venturebeat
key features:* get back to the file you just downloaded or were recently using by typing a few characters* quickly look up a file and glance at its contents without having to dig through finder and launch an application* no need to log into google drive/docs or gmail just to look at or redownload a file/attachment* drag and drop search results into local folders as copies or emails as attachments* search and preview files whether you're online or offline
what sources does found search?* your mac's desktop, documents, downloads, movies, music, and pictures folders* dropbox autodetects it on your mac* google drive/docs and gmail attachments attach multiple google accounts, both personal and google apps accounts
how does search work in found?* immediately responsive, characterbycharacter search* search using just partial word prefixes the whole word is rarely necessary. type 'mov' for results with 'movie', 'move', and 'moving'.* no hardtoremember query commands to learn type 'pdf' to look up pdf documents or 'alan' for google drive/docs shared with alan* found indexes each file's name, path, and, if applicable, email from/to/subject fields or google drive/docs lastmodifiedby name
how secure and private is found?* all your logins and passwords are securely stored in encrypted form in your mac's keychain* found connects your mac directly to your personal cloud services with no intermediary to index your personal data* all searching is done locally on your mac. no server is involved.
find out more at foundapp.com.
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