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 ]

· Upcoming Price Increase - With the release of HoudahSpot 2.6, the price of HoudahSpot will go up. Buy now to get it at the current low price.
· Enhancement: Support for OpenMeta tags - HoudahSpot 2.5.10 brings enhanced support for OpenMeta tags. HoudahSpot adopts recent changes made to OpenMeta.
· Bug fix: Inspector - The Inspector window had a bug in HoudahSpot 2.5.9 where it remained blank.
· Bug fix: Spotlight warning - HoudahSpot 2.5.9 could would warn about a corrupted Spotlight index when set to start immediately upon login.
· Bug fix: File copy - The warning alert shown when file copy, rename or move hit a problem, was not functional.