SearchLight - SpotLight on steroids

SearchLight: Advanced File Search

SpotLight on steroids. SearchLight is an enhanced file search and indexing utility for macOS that builds on the native Spotlight search. It offers advanced search options, faster indexing, additional metadata, customizable interfaces, and integrations with various apps and services.

What is SearchLight - SpotLight on steroids?

SearchLight is a third-party file search and indexing utility designed to enhance the built-in Spotlight search in macOS. Developed by Orionbelt, SearchLight aims to provide macOS users with a faster, more powerful, and customizable search experience.

Like Spotlight, SearchLight indexes files on your Mac's hard drive so you can instantly search for documents, images, emails, contacts, calendar events, and more. However, SearchLight goes beyond what Spotlight offers in several key ways:

• Faster indexing - SearchLight utilizes advanced indexing techniques to catalog files more efficiently.
• Additional metadata - SearchLight extracts more metadata properties from files for richer searchability.
• Advanced search operators - SearchLight supports more advanced Boolean, wildcard, and other search features.
• Configurable interface - The SearchLight interface is highly customizable via different skins and options.
• App and service integrations - SearchLight integrates tightly with various apps like Alfred and services like Gmail to enhance system search.
• Custom smart folders - You can save frequently used search queries as smart folders that automatically update.
• Cross-user search - SearchLight can index files across user accounts on the same Mac.

Overall, if you find Spotlight search limiting, SearchLight aims to supercharge file search and indexing on macOS with better speed, more relevant results, and customization tailored to individual user workflows. Its seamless Spotlight integration also makes it easy for macOS users to transition to the more powerful search utility.

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