Use the right search boundary
Use Spotlight when you remember words inside a document, an email, or a system action. Use Locseek when you remember all or part of the name.
SPOTLIGHT AND LOCSEEK
Know the name, but still cannot find the file?
Spotlight is designed for broad retrieval across content and system information. Locseek is deliberately narrower: file and folder names only.
Results while you type
Locseek filters its compact local name index on every keystroke, without a submit step.
Predictable precision
Start with plain words, then narrow by extension, kind, path, size, or date when a large library needs more precision.
No content trade-off
Locseek never reads file contents. That privacy boundary is also what keeps the product focused on the name-search task.
Keep Spotlight for breadth. Add Locseek for names.
They solve different search jobs and can live side by side.
Try Locseek