What's New
2.5.0
πΊ File Landscape
See your whole Mac at a glance β no rescan required. File Landscape builds a dashboard from the index you already have:
- File & folder counts, total size, indexed paths
- Breakdown by type (documents, images, videos, codeβ¦) and by extension
- Top folders by size, largest individual files
- Activity over the last 12 months, plus files untouched for over a year
- Possible duplicates (same name + same size)
- Per-disk view: This Mac, external volumes, offline disks still in the index
Click any row to jump into main search with that scope applied. Open from the toolbar, Window β File Landscape, or ββ§L. Full guide: File Landscape.
2.3.0
ποΈ Toggle the recent files list
The home screen shows your 20 most recent files when the search bar is empty. You can now turn this off under Settings β General β Results β Show recent files for a clean, empty start. It's on by default, so existing behaviour is unchanged.
π‘ Clearer content-search help
The help icon next to the Content toggle now opens an explanation on click, instead of relying on a hover tooltip that was easy to miss.
2.2.0
π Search a folder straight from Finder
Right-click any folder in Finder, choose Services β Search in AnySearch, and the search is instantly scoped to that folder. It works even for folders outside your regular index β AnySearch indexes them on demand, independently of (and without slowing) the main background index. Keep your index focused on a few folders and reach the rest only when you need to. See Search from Finder.
π― Accurate folder scoping
When a search is limited to a folder, results now stay strictly within that folder and its subfolders. Sibling folders that share a name prefix are correctly excluded β scoping to Documents no longer leaks results from Documents2.
2.1.0
AnySearch 2.1.0 ships a round of search-power, stability, and localization improvements. Here's what changed.
π Filename wildcards in the search bar
The search bar now accepts * and ? for shell-style glob matching against the full filename:
*matches any run of characters (including none)?matches exactly one character
| Input | Meaning |
|---|---|
*report.pdf | Every file ending in "report.pdf" |
??report | Exactly two characters before "report" ("01report", "XYreport"β¦) |
*.p?f | Three-letter extension starting with p, ending with f (pdf, pcf, pufβ¦) |
2026-*-summary* | Files matching "2026-β¦-summaryβ¦" |
Wildcards combine with the other inline filters, e.g. *report.pdf modified:this-week finds files ending in "report.pdf" modified this week.
βοΈ iCloud Drive files are now indexed
AnySearch previously skipped ~/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs entirely. Indexing iCloud Drive is now on by default and can be turned off under Settings β Index β Index iCloud Drive.
ποΈ Chinese IME compatibility fix
In the Quick Search panel (β₯β§Space), pressing space to commit a Chinese pinyin candidate no longer triggers QuickLook. IME composition now works as expected.
π Custom Quick Scopes
The Folder dropdown's preset entries are no longer hard-coded. Manage your own list under Settings β Index β Quick Scopes β Desktop / Documents / Downloads come pre-seeded so existing behaviour is preserved.
π οΈ Excluded Names settings now persist
Edits in Settings β Index β Excluded Names now save immediately and survive across launches; the previous version silently dropped them.
π¨ Toolbar refinements
- The two filter dropdowns are now clearly labelled Folder and Disk, with hover tooltips
- The Disk dropdown hides automatically when no external drives are connected
- Added a help tooltip on the Content search toggle explaining that a Folder must be selected first
π Completed Chinese localization
About 80 previously untranslated strings β search modes, date presets, the subscription tab, External Disks, and more β are now fully localized so the Chinese UI stays consistent throughout.
π₯ Update
AnySearch 2.1.0 will roll out via Mac App Store auto-update. You can also check manually in the App Store app.