On Sep 5, 2007, at 6:56 AM, Mark Des Cotes wrote: > So what's the best (hopefully free) app to search HDs? I'm not > crazy about Spotlight. I'd like to be able to search everywhere > including the system folders. I'm on Mac 10.4.10. EasyFind has become very popular, and it is free. It has a better interface than Spotlight, and it doesn't require any pre-indexing. Its not as fast as Spotlight, but it is plenty fast. You can download EasyFind from here: http://www.devon-technologies.com/download/index.html Under "Freeware Applications and Services" a the bottom of the page. ___________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html ___________________________________________