Shelves and collections
Images, Videos, Music, Documents, Archives and Apps, each with ready-made collections on top: Screen Recordings, From iPhone, Downloaded, Long Videos, Presentations.
For macOS 14 Sonoma and later
Find any file by what you remember.
Findy finds files from plain words: pdfs from gmail last week
, screenshots with wifi password
, filmy z iPhone’a z sierpnia
. It reads the text in your images and PDFs too, even scanned ones, so a few words from inside a file are enough.
Pay once · No account · Your files never leave your Mac
Good morning, what are we looking for today?
4,529 files · 48.2 GB in your folders
Search, or try “pdfs from last week”
Trypdfs from last weekvideos over 1 GBscreenshots from this monthdownloaded yesterday
Downloaded From
Show AllGmail184 files · 1.9 GB
Slack96 files · 820 MB
ChatGPT64 files · 210 MB
Figma41 files · 640 MB
WeTransfer12 files · 4.8 GB
Any website211 files · 2.4 GB
Jump back in
Show AllQ3 report.pdfPDF document · 1.2 MB
TodayIMG_4821.HEICHEIF image · 3.2 MB
TodayScreenshot 2026-11-10 at 09.41.pngScreenshot · 412 KB
TodayLisbon, day 2.movQuickTime movie · 1.4 GB
YesterdayContract draft.docxWord document · 48 KB
YesterdayClean Up
6.2 GB
could be freed — 13% of your library
Big Old Videos3.7 GB
Old Installers1.4 GB
Forgotten Downloads890 MB
Old Screenshots210 MB
Review
Type it the way you’d say it.
Findy picks the kind, the date, the size and the source out of your words and shows how it understood them. The rest it looks for in file names, in the text of documents and in the words on screenshots.
pdfs from gmail last week
Files
Findy understands English and Polish, word endings included: faktury
also finds fakturę
.
Everything on your Mac, in plain sight.
Findy reads the folders you already have and leaves them as they are. No importing, no tagging by hand.
The words in your photos
A ticket, a receipt, a slide you snapped at a talk: Findy reads the text in your photos, so booking reference
brings up the picture it’s in. Photos also get tags like receipt
or dog
, so you can search for what’s in them.
The text inside files
Findy reads PDFs, notes and the words on screenshots and scans, so wifi password
finds the screenshot it’s in.
Downloaded From
Every download remembers where it came from. See what arrived from Gmail, Slack, WeTransfer, ChatGPT or any website, and search by it: pdfs from gmail
.
Quick Search, anywhere
Press ⇧⌥Space in any app, describe the file, then open it, show it in Finder, or drag it straight into an email.
Clean Up and Duplicates
Old installers, forgotten downloads, big old videos and identical copies, with the space each one takes. You pick what goes, it goes to the Trash, and one click puts it back.
Your files stay on your Mac.
Findy is a native Mac app with a private index. There’s no account to create and no server that sees your files.
- No cloud. The index, the thumbnails and the recognised text live in a database on this Mac.
- Online for two things only: checking for updates and checking your license, once a day.
- iCloud-only files stay in iCloud. Findy lists them but never downloads them behind your back.
- Nothing is deleted outright. Anything you remove goes to the Trash, so you can put it back.
Pay once. Keep it.
No subscription and no account. Your license key arrives by email a minute after checkout.
Findy
$15
Pay once. For one Mac.
- Every feature
- Free updates
- Move it to a new Mac
- Works offline
For Macs with macOS 14 Sonoma or newer, Apple silicon or Intel. Checkout runs through Polar, which adds sales tax where your country requires it. Price in US dollars.
Already bought? Download Findy and paste your key.
Questions
How is Findy different from Finder and Spotlight?
Finder shows folders and Spotlight matches words. Findy shows every file of one kind together, with big thumbnails, and understands a whole description at once: “zips bigger than 1 GB older than 6 months” is one search, not four filters. It works next to Finder and doesn’t move or rename anything.
Which folders does it look at?
Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Pictures, Movies, Music and your Applications folders. It skips hidden folders and developer clutter such as node_modules and DerivedData. macOS asks once for access to Desktop, Documents and Downloads; Findy explains why before it does.
Does Findy upload my files?
No. There’s no account and no Findy server. The index, the thumbnails and the text Findy reads stay on your Mac, and text recognition runs on your Mac with Apple’s Vision. Findy only goes online to check for updates and to check your license.
Which languages does search understand?
English and Polish. Dates, kinds, sizes and sources work in both, and Polish word forms match each other, so “faktury” also finds “fakturę”.
What about files in iCloud?
If your Desktop and Documents sync with iCloud, Findy lists the files that are only in the cloud, with names, sizes and dates. It doesn’t download them to make thumbnails or to read their text, so they show a cloud badge instead.
Can Findy delete my files?
Only into the Trash, and only when you ask. Clean Up and Duplicates show what they found and how much space it takes, and you choose what goes. Put Back undoes the last removal.
How do I activate it?
Buy a license and Polar emails you a key that starts with FINDY. Download Findy, open it, and paste the key in the welcome window. There’s no account to create.
I lost my key, or I got a new Mac.
Your keys and receipts are in your account. To move Findy, choose Deactivate This Mac in Findy’s Settings, or remove the old Mac under Manage Activations, then paste the key on the new one.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Findy checks the license once a day when it’s online and keeps working for 30 days without a connection.