When you launch DigUp, select the folders or subfolders you want to index while the 865 MB model downloads. DigUp calculates and displays the indexing time for each folder based on measurements taken on your computer.
Search Shortcuts
Press ⇧⌘Space on a Mac or Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux to open the search bar from any app. You can change the shortcut; on GNOME and KDE under Wayland, adjust it in your desktop keyboard settings.
| Mac | Windows and Linux | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| ⇧⌘Space | Ctrl+Shift+Space | Opens the search panel from any app (you can change it) |
| ↓ ↑ | ↓ ↑ | Moves through the results |
| ↩ | Enter | Opens the result: PDFs at the page, recordings and videos at the moment, code in your editor at the line |
| Space | Space | A big preview, at the page or moment (once you’ve moved to a result) |
| ⌘↩ | Ctrl+Enter | Shows it in Finder, Explorer or your file manager |
| ⌘C | Ctrl+C (in the window) | Copies the file, to paste anywhere |
| ⌘O | Ctrl+O | The same search in a bigger window, with a picture grid and filters |
Searching Content
Describe files naturally: “zebra in a video” opens that timestamp, “where they talk about sleep” finds that audio minute, and “the clause about pets in the lease” shows the matching page. Searches work across more than 100 languages, allowing an English query to locate Arabic or Bengali notes. DigUp also matches exact phrases, names, and invoice numbers, including screenshot text on a Mac.
Opening a PDF navigates to the page in supported viewers (Preview on Mac, or Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Acrobat, SumatraPDF, Evince, and Okular on Windows and Linux). Videos jump to the timestamp in QuickTime Player or IINA on Mac, and VLC, mpv, or MPC-HC on Windows and Linux.
Settings and Code Search
DigUp sits in the Mac menu bar or Windows and Linux system tray. Open Settings to skip specific folders or file types. On Mac DigUp 0.6.1, you can set indexing to run only between set hours (1:00 to 7:00 by default) in Settings → Folders.
To search repositories, enable code search in Settings → Code or during setup. Prefix queries with code:, such as code: retry a failed call with backoff or code: refreshAccessToken. Results open at the line in editors such as Zed, VS Code, Cursor, Sublime Text, JetBrains IDEs.
For questions, see the Frequently Asked Questions About DigUp or visit DigUp Troubleshooting and Known Checks.