Find any file by when, what and where.
Fractal sorts everything in your Drive, iCloud and Mac folders by date, type, size, folder or tag. Narrow it down, then change how you're looking without losing your place. It works across every account at once.
macOS 12.3 or later · Apple silicon and Intel · Free
Stop clicking through folders. Ask the question you actually have.
You rarely remember where a file is. You remember roughly when it was, what kind of file it was, and who it was for. In Fractal, each of those is a single click.
Pick a way to look
Group everything by year, file type, size, folder or tag. Each group shows how many files are in it, so you can see the shape of things at a glance.
Narrow it down
Choose a group to narrow to it. Then switch to another way of looking, and the narrowing stays put.
Keep going until it's obvious
Add a folder, a tag or a search. Undo any step on its own. The file you want ends up in a short list.
“The 2024 PDFs in this client folder, across all three of my accounts.”
Neither Finder nor Google Drive can answer that. Fractal answers it in four clicks.
Every account at once
Work, personal and client Google accounts, shared drives, “Shared with me”, iCloud Drive and folders on your Mac, all in one view. Each file is marked with the account it lives in.
Switch views, keep your place
Go from dates to file types to folders without starting over. Whatever you've narrowed to stays narrowed.
Time that means something
Group by year, month or week, or drag out a date range. Sort by when files were created, edited, or last opened by you.
Tags without tagging
Fractal reads your Finder tags and turns meaningful folder names into tags. A “Contracts” folder in each account becomes one tag you can filter by.
Search that narrows
Search file names and folder paths instantly. A search is just another step, so you can combine it with a year, a type or a folder.
Fast, and fully keyboard-driven
A native Mac app with a local index, so every click answers instantly, even with tens of thousands of files. Everything works from the keyboard; press ? to see the shortcuts.
Your files never leave your Mac.
Fractal doesn't sign in to Google. It reads the Drive that Google Drive for Desktop already keeps on your Mac, so there's no account to connect and no permissions to grant to anyone else.
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Reads names and dates, never contentsIt indexes file names, types, sizes and dates. It doesn't open what's inside your files.
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Never changes your filesFractal only reads. It can't move, rename or delete anything.
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Nothing is sent anywhereNo accounts, no analytics, no crash reports. Its index is one file in a hidden folder on your Mac.
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Only the folders you choosemacOS gives Fractal access to the folders you pick, and nothing else on your disk.
Try Fractal
Free for Mac. You need Google Drive for Desktop for your Drive accounts. iCloud Drive and local folders work without it.
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