Features
- Exact mode: search literally instead of fuzzy matching, skipping app contents and system files. You can switch to it in Settings > Search, or toggle it with
⌘⇧X
- Content search: search inside files by placing text in square brackets, like
invoice [client]or.jpg [dog]Needs Cling Pro
- Date filters:
dm:anddc:can filter by date modified or created likeinvoice dm:2025or.pdf dc:7days
- Operators from Everything, the Windows search app:
content:,ext:,size:,file:andfolder:
- Letter match highlights
- Action Bar editor: click an action to hide or show it,
⌘ Commandclickto move it between the bar and the ⋯ menu
- Cloud filter: search iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive together, with
⌥O
Fixes
- Extension filters like
.pdfandext:no longer miss files in the Everything index after Cling restarts - Fixed a possible crash on quit while Cling saved drive indexes
- Fixed a possible freeze during the hourly index check
- Fixed a possible freeze after tens of thousands of files changed
Improvements
- Moving through the window's results with the arrow keys is smoother
- A search that runs long turns its spinner red, and clicking the spinner stops it
⌃Nand⌃Pcan move through the results like↓and↑. You can turn it on in Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts, which moves sorting by name and path to⌃⌥Nand⌃⌥P
- Files inside apps stay out of the index, except the app binaries, so Xcode's SDK headers no longer flood the results
in:takes a folder in Home without~/, likein:downloadsorin:documents/pdfs. With a drive filter or a one-folder filter on, it starts from that folder instead, likein:DCIM- Folders and Show in Finder use the file manager set as default (credits to @oenderg)
- The search window works without Full Disk Access, like the search bar
- The search bar's text stays readable over a dark window in light mode, and a white one in dark mode