Half-remembered queries
You don’t remember the title; you remember the gist. Mindly handles it.
Search
If You Saved It, You Can Find It.
Search notes, links, files, voice transcripts, and images all at once, in plain language. Mindly understands meaning, not just filenames.
How it works
How universal search works
- Open search from anywhere with a shortcut. The bar opens on top of whatever you were doing.
- Type what you’re looking for in regular words, “that article about attention”, “the PDF Maya sent”.
- Results span every save type: text, voice transcripts, files, images. Ranked by meaning, not filename.
- Filter by Space, type, or date if you want. Or trust the ranking and click the top match.
When to use it
Search the way you actually think
Cross-content search
Find a typed quote and a voice memo on the same topic in one query.
Reverse lookup
Find what you saved on a specific date or during a project phase.
Quick recall
Mid-conversation, surface the right reference in two seconds, without opening your browser.
Why it works
Search that matches how you remember
It searches meaning, not filenames
You almost never remember the exact title months later, but you remember the gist. Mindly reads and summarizes everything you save, so a plain description finds the right item even when your wording is nothing like the original.
Every format, one query
Notes, links, PDFs, images, and voice transcripts all answer the same search. One query reaches across your whole library at once, so you never have to remember which app or folder a thing lived in.
It reads images and audio
Mindly extracts the text inside screenshots and transcribes voice, so the words trapped in them are searchable too. A photo of a slide or a spoken idea is as findable as a typed note.
Private and on your Mac
Your index is built only from what you chose to keep and lives in a folder on your Mac. AI processing runs over encrypted channels and content is not retained on Mindly servers after the request.
Why it matters
Why search is the real test
Notes are useless if you can’t find them. Most apps offer keyword search and call it done. Mindly’s search is semantic, so it finds what you mean, not just what you typed. That’s the difference between a graveyard and a library.
Common questions
Universal search FAQ
How is this different from normal search?
Ordinary search matches exact words or file names. Mindly searches by meaning, so you can describe what you are looking for in plain language and find it even when you have forgotten the title or the exact phrase.
Can I search across different types of saves at once?
Yes. A single query returns notes, links, PDFs, images, and voice transcripts together, ranked by relevance, so you do not have to search each app or format separately.
Can it find text inside images and voice notes?
Yes. Mindly reads the text inside screenshots and transcribes audio, so the content of images and recordings is searchable like everything else in your library.
Do I need to remember where I saved something?
No. That is the whole point of searching by meaning. You describe what the thing was about and Mindly surfaces it, regardless of which Space, folder, or format it lives in.
Is my library kept private?
Your library is stored locally on your Mac. AI features run over cloud model APIs, which means content is sent for processing over encrypted channels, but it is not retained on Mindly servers after the request completes.
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