Meta: Spotlight's Bigger Brother

Meet Meta, the desktop search tool that takes Apple's Spotlight technology to a whole new level. Finding your files just got a whole lot easier. Your data can run, but it can't hide.

Meta Search Window, showing a query, some results, some metafolders, and metadata item details.

This or that

Want to find songs performed by either The Shins or Weezer? Meta's simple query language makes it easy to combine searches with 'or' and 'and'. If you are looking for something, just ask Meta.

Meta Search Window, showing a detail of the Meta search field with a query in it: '(shins or weezer) kind:music'

Location, location, location

Meta's location based searching lets you specify precisely which directories to examine. Why waste time wading though fluff? Cut to the chase and get only the results that are relevant to you.

Meta Search Window, showing a detail of the Meta search field with a query in it: 'search:/Applications Meta'

Save it for later

Save any query as a Metafolder with just a single click. Metafolders are easily accessible from every Meta window, ensuring that your data is always right at your fingertips.

Meta Search Window, showing a detail of the user clicking the 'Save As Metafolder' button on the right, and the Metafolders list on the left.

See for youself what Meta can do for you. Download it now.