PDF Content Search
Make scanned PDFs searchable
Only for Mac
Free · In‑App Purchases
Mac
PDF Content Search: Find any amount, any IBAN, any word – now in your emails too.
You have hundreds of scanned documents and thousands of emails. But when you need to find something, you have to open each file one by one. Because scanned PDFs are just images to your Mac – and Apple Mail doesn't search attachments.
PDF Content Search changes that.
Select a folder. The app automatically recognizes text in all your documents (OCR) and makes them searchable. From now on, you'll find everything: amounts, IBAN numbers, names, contract numbers – in seconds instead of hours.
NEW: Search Apple Mail
• Subjects, body text, and the contents of attachments (PDF, images, Office) become searchable.
• Open attachments directly, reveal any mail in the Finder with a single keystroke.
What the app can also do:
• Full-text search in scanned PDFs, images, and text files
• Office documents (Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Word, Excel)
• Date range filter: Find documents from specific time periods
• Fuzzy search: Finds matches even with typos or special characters
• Partial word search: Find long compound words by typing just a part
Easy to use:
1. Select a folder (or enable Apple Mail)
2. Wait for the analysis to complete
3. Search – done
No cloud uploads for your PDFs. No registration. Everything stays on your Mac.
AI integration and networking:
Connect PDF Content Search to Claude Desktop and ask questions about your archive directly in chat. Other Macs on your network can also use the search index — perfect for "one Mac indexes, everyone searches".
Bonus: Use the iOS app "PDF.Scanner." to scan and sync on the go.
How does the free trial work? Just start the subscription – the first month is completely free. Not convinced? Cancel before it ends and you pay nothing.
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Search Apple Mail – finally find every message
Instantly search your Apple Mail messages and their attachments with
full-text search – completely local and private on your Mac.
• Apple Mail integration: subjects, body text, and attachment contents
(PDF, images, Office) all become searchable.
• Access attachments directly and reveal any mail in the Finder with a
single keystroke.
• Enable Apple Mail conveniently from the menu.
• Smarter search that also finds partial words and pasted snippets.
• Visible indexing progress and many refinements for a polished
experience.
Thank you for using PDF Content Search!
The developer, Juergen Koller Software GmbH, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Jurgen Koller Software GmbH
- Size
- 7.1 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
- Languages
English and 22 more
- English, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- 1 Month Subscription $5.99
- Big Thank You $11.99
- Lifetime Access $79.99
- Thank You $3.99
- Copyright
- © 2023 Juergen Koller Software GmbH
