Why Copernic Is Your Next-Level Solution for Advanced File Searches
Our lives are made up of digital files. For the last 40 years, life has become ever-more digitized. Digital paperwork, project files, medical records, and art projects accumulate as data, all stored somewhere in your file system. Some might be lost in the depths of your email, stored in your personal computer or on a favourite old USB drive. Some might be dropped in your cloud storage or on another computer in your local network.
The question is where? When you need a specific file, finding it can be more than a little challenging. You may find yourself on a weeks-long quest, searching every file structure you can think of. If you have mis-remembered the name or a key detail, you may never find that one file you’re looking for without dedicated search software.
What is Copernic File Search?
Copernic is an advanced file search program capable of exploring more than just local folders. Copernic can search your email, network, and cloud storage. Copernic can also search more than just file names. You can search by date, properties, and the contents of your files as well. The best way to understand why Copernic is your next-level solution to advanced file searches is with real-world examples.
File Searching Situations
First, let’s dive into some realistic examples of file searching. Some may remind you of a specific file search journey you have been on. Others may be reminiscent of frantic searches you have witnessed in friends, coworkers, or family members. Each one is uniquely frustrating with only the file search capabilities built into your computer and storage systems.
The Email Receipt for an Online Purchase
You need the receipt for something you purchased weeks, months, or years ago. Maybe you want to reference the warranty, or there’s been a recall, or you just need to check the model number for replacement parts. Where is that email? What month did you buy the product, and who exactly was the seller? What if the email sender’s name and the online store you bought it from don’t match? What if the receipt was a PDF and not searchable text?
Combing through years of email receipts and guessing at the right search keywords can be extremely frustrating for an email you need just one or two details from.
A Photo from a Vacation 5 Years Ago
You just remembered the perfect photo from a vacation you took 5 years ago. Maybe you want to frame it on your wall or give the print as a gift. But first, you need to find the digital album. Where did you store your digital camera’s photo reel 5 years ago? Are you still using that computer? Did you leave it on one of the USB drives in your drawer? Did you drop it on the cloud for safe-keeping or email it to yourself?
Chances are you didn’t rename the photo to make it title-searchable, so it still has a random string of numbers for a name. If you don’t remember where you put that photo reel, you may never find that perfect picture again.
Your Child’s School Project Saved “Somewhere”
Your child spent all weekend on the computer making their big school project. The only problem is that they don’t remember where the program saved the project file. It could take ages of searching to discover the default save location for whatever school program your child was using. Is it in program files? Is it named after the program or is the project file floating randomly under the C drive? Is it lost in AppData?
A Work Project File Stored on the Cloud
You completed a work project months or years ago and stored the project files on the cloud. Your boss recently asked to see one or more files from that project. The only problem is you don’t remember exactly where you stored it. You could comb through your entire cloud file structure, but which shared drive is it in?
The Digital Copy of Medical Test Results
Your new doctor needs a copy of your last medical test results to build your care plan. You have a digital copy somewhere, but it’s not in your usual records folder where you expected it to be. Where can you find this document that might be an unusual image or PDF file if it’s not in the right place?
Copernic’s Advanced File Search Solutions
All these problems could be solved far more quickly and easily with the help of Copernic advanced search features. Copernic’s ability to traverse local and online file systems and search for advanced properties and contents of a file can help you find 170+ different file formats you’ve stored previously.
The Email Receipt for an Online Purchase
Copernic can search through your vast email archives for that one specific email. It can search by any detail you remember, including dates. It can also read the text from images in case the content you need is not printed text but instead an imbedded image or attachment. That receipt will be yours in no time.
A Photo from a Vacation 5 Years Ago
Copernic can help you find files based on file type, size, metadata, and adjacent files. You can search for all your digital camera reels based on similar metadata, then sort by date to find that precious vacation photo.
Your Child’s School Project Saved “Somewhere”
The important words contained in your child’s school project will be enough for Copernic to find wherever it has been saved by the program. Your child’s presentation will be saved without a last-minute scramble through your file system.
A Work Project File Stored on the Cloud
Copernic can also access your cloud storage such as Dropbox and Google Drive, helping you find files you uploaded for safe keeping but now can’t remember which folder or drive they are on. Copernic will find your project folder and help you find specific work files from the past.
The Digital Copy of Medical Test Results
Paperwork and medical records are often stored PDFs and other non-text file types. But don’t worry, Copernic can handle it. Copernic can also search connected USBs in addition to your local files, networked files, email, and cloud drives. That missing medical document will resurface in time for your next appointment.
Using Copernic Advanced File Searching
Copernic Desktop & Cloud Search unlocks every nook and cranny of your personal file storage systems, whether you need to search local files, your email, or your cloud drives. With advanced metadata search criteria, you can use any details you remember to narrow down the possibilities and find those missing files in a snap. Copernic is the next level solution for advanced file searches to simplify your life.
Curious about Copernic? Try our innovative search software for yourself with our 30-day free trial.