Design File Finder

Find design project files (.prproj, .psd, .psb, .ai, .aep) across your mounted drives, sort them by recency, and open them with one keystroke.

How it works

macOS Spotlight is not always enabled on every volume. The scanner is hybrid:

• Indexed drives → Spotlight (mdfind) for an instant search.
• Non-indexed drives → a filesystem walk (pruned to skip system/cache dirs). The internal/root volume is walked from your home folder to stay fast.

"Recently used" sorts by the more recent of Spotlight's last-opened date (indexed drives only) and the file's modified time.

Commands

Search Design Files

• Type to filter by filename or folder.
• Search-bar dropdown: filter by app (All / Premiere / Photoshop / Illustrator / AE).
• Sort by… action: Recently Used · Name · Folder · Type.
• Enter opens · ⌘↵ reveals in Finder · ⌘C copies the path · ⌘O opens with · ⌘R refreshes.
• Scope the search. ⌘F Search Specific Folders — search only chosen work folders (always walked, so a partial Spotlight index can't hide files). With no folders chosen it falls back to ⌘D Configure Drives.
• Adobe auto-save backups are hidden by default (preference toggle).

New from Template

Create a new .psd / .ai / .aep / .prproj from a starter file.

1. Set Templates Folder in the command's preferences — a folder of starter files (searched recursively).
2. Optionally set a Default Destination folder.
3. Run the command: pick a template, type a project name, choose where it goes, and optionally wrap it in a folder / open after creating.

The template is copied (never moved) and never overwrites an existing file.