HoudahSpot

Spotlight front-end you are missing. Find. Browse. Inspect. Fast!

HoudahSpot Product Features

HoudahSpot - Spotlight on Steroids

HoudahSpot unleashes the power of Spotlight. It makes good on the promise of quickly finding the files you search for.

What a pity, the "Finder" name is already taken.
This application would have deserved the appellation!

HoudahSpot - File tagging solution

HoudahSpot helps you manage your files by assigning tags to them. Tags are non-hierarchical keywords assigned to files, and the organizational purpose of tags is similar to that of folders. However, a crucial difference is that a file may be assigned several tags and be located by any of them, no matter where they are.

HoudahSpot makes managing your files easy:

  • Business meeting with Bob: Drop the meeting notes on the "Work" and "Bob" tags in the HoudahSpot Tray.
  • Bob came to your party: Drop the invite on the "Leisure" and "Bob" tags in the HoudahSpot Tray.
  • All about Bob: Double-click the "Bob" tag in the HoudahSpot Tray.


Don't search! Find! - Master your files

With HoudahSpot your files are at your fingertips. Keep frequently used files within reach. Retrieve the files you didn't know you still had.

  • Create detailed queries to pinpoint the exact file you want to get to
  • Narrow down searches. Step by step. Zero in on files
  • Save active queries as documents for direct access to your favorite files
  • Set up templates for frequently performed searches
  • Tag files for easy retrieval
  • Do some housekeeping: Have HoudahSpot find music files not yet in your Music folder. Drag them where they belong


HoudahSpot is EXACTLY what Spotlight should have been in Mac OS X
Chris Pirillo


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HoudahSpot is the front end most Spotlight
users don't know they're missing!

System Requirements

HoudahSpot requires Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
It is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

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