HoudahSpot is a performant file search software based on Apple's Spotlight technology. It enables users to quickly create and store powerful search queries.

HoudahSpot has been designed from the ground up with ease of use and convenience in mind. We feel it is not the user that needs to be educated, but the software that should be made to the user's need.

HoudahSpot purpose is to leverage Apple's fast and powerful Spotlight engine.

Here are some key features of "HoudahSpot":

· Ability to express complex queries.
· Flexible browsing of results.
· It does not waste this engine's horsepower to run searches before the user is done entering criteria.
· User definable templates.
· Hot key access to saved searches: Recent Documents, Applications.

Requirements:

· Spotlight enabled.

Limitations:

· 30 days trial period.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Enhancement: Inspector windows - HoudahSpot now remembers which inspectors were open and restores them on launch.
· Bug fix: Crash with empty "text content" criteria - HoudahSpot could crash when running a search with an empty "text content" criterion.
· Bug fix: Boolean values - HoudahSpot was unable to restore boolean values (e.g file invisible) from saved files or templates.
· Bug fix: Result counter - The result counter was off after files were removed from and restored to the searched location.
· Bug fix: Hot key preferences - The global hot keys are available only when the global menu is enabled.