Desktop search tools compared by how they search: file names, full-text index or local AI. What Everything, Windows Search, Spotlight and AIFindTool do, and which fits.
How to Search Files by Content on Windows and Mac: Built-in Methods and Where They Fall Short (2026)
How to find a file by the words inside it on Windows and Mac with built-in search, where it stops working, and how local AI search covers images, scans and audio.
