Find files by what’s in them.
Type what you remember. Instant finds it, and nothing leaves your Mac.
A search for ‘how do I escape my apartment early’ finds a note on rental terms and highlights: end this agreement before its term is up.
A search for ‘birthday present idea I wrote down’ finds a note called People to shop for and highlights: Maya turns 30 on Oct 12, green ceramic lamp from the flea market.
A search for ‘what the vet said about the cat’s diet’ finds a clinic PDF and highlights: smaller portions, twice a day, and no more tuna.
A search for ‘that recipe with too much garlic’ finds a recipe note and highlights: twelve cloves, sliced thin, don’t apologise.
How it works
Text, photos, and that crumpled receipt.
Describe what’s inside. Instant reads your text, looks at your photos and reads scans with no text layer.
IMG_4471.heicPhotosThank you all for coming.
Daniel once drove four hours for a sandwich, which is why nobody lets him choose a restaurant anymore.
To Daniel and Ana.
Summon
Two keys away, from anywhere.
Press ⌥ Space over any app. Results change with every key.
or any combo you like
Privacy
Your files stay home.
No account. No cloud. Your files and searches never leave your Mac.
How long does the first index take?
Minutes for documents. Hours for a big photo library. After that, only changes.
What does it download?
Its search model, about 1 GB, once. After that, update checks and anonymous usage counts, which you can turn off.
Doesn’t Spotlight do this?
Spotlight needs the words. Instant needs the gist.
Why not ask an AI chatbot?
A chatbot wants your files first. Instant keeps them on your Mac.
Photos already searches my pictures.
Only in the Photos library. Instant searches every folder you pick.
Is it really free?
Yes. Companies pay us to build private search for them: Enterprise.
You remember what it was about.
That’s enough.
Download, pick folders, press ⌥ Space.
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