Results as you type
There is no submit button. Locseek queries its compact local index as you type and cancels superseded work. During the first scan, common folders become searchable before the full pass finishes.
FEATURES
Built for finding files by name
Locseek does not expand its scope. Every capability serves one goal: reaching a file more accurately, quickly, and naturally.
Predictable relevance
Exact matches rank above prefixes, prefixes above word starts, and word starts above general contains. Ties use stable time-aware ordering, so the file you mean does not disappear behind opaque ranking.
Live incremental index
macOS file-system events keep creates, renames, moves, and deletes in sync. Everyday changes do not require manual rebuilds; configuration changes or corruption recover through a verifiable full rescan.
A native keyboard flow
Use ⌥Space to summon, arrow keys to select, Space for system Quick Look, Return to open, and ⌘Return to reveal in Finder. Recent searches and opens give the empty state a useful purpose.
Only essential metadata
Name, parent path, size, modification time, creation time, and kind are enough for Locseek's job. It does not open file contents, build a full-text index, or transmit queries and file lists.
QUERY LANGUAGE
Start with a name. Add precision only when needed.
Plain words remain the main path. Operators help large libraries converge faster.
ext:pdf reportPDF files whose name also contains report.kind:image date:todayImages modified today.design !draftContains design, excluding draft.size:>10mb in:ProjectsFiles over 10 MB under a Projects path.report | budgetNames containing report or budget./^IMG_\d{4}\.jpg$/Use regex for a precise naming pattern.Frequently asked questions
Is Locseek an Everything (voidtools) equivalent for Mac?
It's the closest analogue. Both index only file and folder names (never contents) and keep the index current via low-level filesystem change events (NTFS USN Journal on Windows, FSEvents on macOS). Everything is Windows-only; Locseek is a native macOS rebuild of the same idea.
Does Locseek replace Spotlight?
No — they serve different jobs. Spotlight is a broad, system-wide search (file contents, Mail, Calendar, system actions). Locseek only does fast, exact file-name and folder-name search. Use Spotlight when you don't remember the exact name or need content search; use Locseek when you know the name and want to land on it instantly.
Does Locseek read my file contents?
No. The index stores only metadata — name, parent path, size, modified/created time, and kind. There is no code path that reads file contents, and no full-text index is built.
Does indexing or searching send data over the network?
No. Indexing and search run entirely on your Mac with no network requests, no telemetry, no account, no ads, and no third-party SDKs.
Does it support external drives and network volumes?
Yes. Add any location via the app's folder-authorization (security-scoped bookmark) mechanism. Pro unlocks indexing multiple custom locations and external drives at once.
Which macOS versions are supported?
macOS 10.15 (Catalina) and later, as a universal binary for both Intel and Apple Silicon.
Speed is the feedback after every keystroke.
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