TextSeek

TextSeek is the app to go to when you don't remember the name of a certain file or document, or remember it vaguely or partially. The application is pretty easy to use, allowing you to alter your query depending on your needs or knowledge. Thus, you'll have to firstly type a word or some of the words you might remember your document to have contained. From here, you'll need to tailor this search to your needs for maximum efficiency.

Once you have typed some of the words in your lost document, you can go ahead and tell the app how to execute the search. Should it match the case of your written words? Should it look for the whole word or for partially contained groups of characters? You can also tell the app to match a raw version of the file if need be. If you're lucky and remember the extension of your file, make sure you type it in to narrow the search. This is, after all, your biggest goal.

The program will start to populate the empty list with potential candidates for your query. Once that's done, make sure you choose the appropriate order type. Go for either default, match, size, time, and path, depending on the information that you've had prior to your search. If you're sure you nailed the path, go for that one. If the creation time is clear to you, then choose that type of ordering.

The application can also be adjusted to look in a certain way, using certain fonts and colors. Go ahead and adjust the advanced options of the app that deal directly with the search procedure, its speed, and thoroughness. You can also adjust some of the more simple behavior settings from here too. Lastly, you can set the proxy type used for network-related searches.

TextSeek is a seriously helpful tool if you need to find a lost file or document and can't remember any of its particularities clearly. It helps you tailor the search based on the knowledge you have of the document, and that's especially helpful in such a situation.