Paths

• Parent paths limit results to contents of a particular folder.
• Ancestor paths limit results to contents of a particular folder and all of its subfolders.
• / refers to the default location (iCloud or local).
• Location: / can be used to filter files from custom locations.
• From Other Apps: / is available on iOS.
• Use contextual menu in Library and Organizer to copy paths on macOS.
• Tap and hold items in Library to copy paths on iOS.

Search

Search works like a search engine. It’s optimized to be fast with a large number of files.

Search is available for:

• Names of all files
• Contents of Plain Text files (txt text)
• Contents of Markdown files (md markdown et al.)

Search supports the following queries:

• .png will match all files where extension begins as png*
• ".m" will match all files where extension is m
• text machine will match files where name or text contain words that begin as text* and machine*
• "text* machine" will match all files where name or text contain a phrase with a word that begins as text* and a word machine
• #priority will match text files that contain a hashtag that begins as #priority*
• -microsoft word will match all files that don’t include microsoft* but include word*
• [ ] will match all files that contain an incomplete task list item
• [x] will match all files that contain a completed task list item
• -# will match text files that do not contain a hashtag
• "#diary" will match text files that contain a hashtag #diary
• ^first will match files where the first word of a name or a text is first*
• time AND space will match all files where name or text contain words that begin as time* and space*
• name:alice will match all files where name contains a word that begins as alice*
• name:^"note" will match all files where name begins with a word note
• time OR "space" will match files with time* or space
• time NOT space will match files with time* but not space*
• NEAR(time space) will match files where time* and space* are located with 10 or less words in-between
• NEAR(time "space" "travel" 4) will match files with time*, space, and travel with 3 or less terms in-between
• (time AND life) OR "me" will match files with time* and life*, or me