Add folders
Choose the Mac folders you want to search, including cloud-synced folders that are available locally through Finder.
Find Text for macOS
Search inside the documents on your Mac.
Choose folders, build a local search workspace, and find files by name, type, content, or words you want to exclude. Pro adds Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for scanned PDFs, screenshots, English newspapers, old books, and images.
File name and content search
Up to 3 colored keywords
OCR for scans with Pro
Workflow
From folder to answer in three steps.
Find Text is built for people with real document folders: project archives, research notes, client folders, manuals, invoices, scans, and reference material.
Build or update
Let Find Text prepare those folders for fast local search. Refresh when files are added, removed, renamed, or changed.
Search and preview
Search by file name, file type, document content, and exclude words. Preview matching passages before opening the file.
Search fields
Combine the clues you already know.
Use one field for a broad search, or combine fields when you know the format, file name, and words inside the document.
File name and file type
Search remembered names, years, projects, clients, or document types, then narrow by formats such as PDF, Word, spreadsheet, presentation, text, or web files.
Content and exclude terms
Search for words inside documents and remove unwanted matches such as drafts, templates, archived copies, or unrelated versions.
3 colored content keywords
Search up to three content keywords together. Different highlight colors make each term easier to spot in results and previews.
Preview before opening
Review the matching passage first, then open the original file, reveal it in Finder, or copy its path.
Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
Make scanned words searchable.
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) helps Find Text search text that is visible in images but not selectable as normal document text.
Scanned PDFs
Search printed pages that were scanned as PDFs, including old paperwork, reports, forms, and manuals.
English newspapers and books
Find names, places, quotes, and topics inside English newspaper clippings, old book pages, and archival scans.
Photos and screenshots
Search text captured in phone photos, screenshots, receipts, notes, and images exported from other apps.
App preview
See the Mac app in action.
The result list and preview pane help you confirm the right file before opening it.
Guides
Learn the everyday workflows.
Short guides explain how to search inside documents, use OCR, and combine multiple keywords without getting lost in a large folder.
Search words inside files
Find contracts, notes, reports, and archived documents by the text they contain.
Search scans with OCR
Make scanned PDFs, old books, English newspapers, and images easier to find.
Use 3 colored keywords
Search multiple terms and scan colored highlights in results and previews.