Find invoices fast on Mac without endless scrolling
Sep 29, 2025
You remember the invoice number or VAT amount, not the filename. But on a Mac, searching through folders, PDFs, and spreadsheets usually means wasted time scrolling. For accountants and finance teams, those minutes add up.
The pain in their words
“I have a 400-page PDF of client invoices. I just need invoice INV-10349 but end up clicking and scrolling forever.”
“Half my receipts are scans or screenshots. Spotlight doesn’t see the text.”
“When closing the books, I waste hours searching across Excel, PDFs, and statements.”
Why typical Mac tools fail
Spotlight search stops at filenames and metadata. It won’t open directly to invoice INV-10349 hidden on page 283.
Preview search is clumsy. You have to open the whole file, then hunt through results.
No OCR for scans. Text in screenshots or scanned PDFs is invisible.
Cloud services risk privacy. Many accountants cannot upload financial data to third-party servers.
How to solve with Fenn
Fenn is an AI-powered file search engine for macOS that jumps straight to the right invoice page, Excel cell, or receipt text.
Step-by-step:
Select your accounting folders, PDFs, or Excel files to index.
Use Fenn’s keyboard shortcut and type what you remember — an invoice number, amount, or client name.
Fenn shows contextual snippets from inside files.
Hit Enter and open directly at the exact PDF page, spreadsheet row, or scanned receipt text.
✅ On-device by default for privacy.
⚡ Optional cloud indexing for faster scale (up to ~100 GB).
🍏 Optimized for macOS on Apple Silicon.
Mini case
Before: An accountant spends 10 minutes finding a single invoice inside a bulk export of 400 pages. Multiply that by dozens of searches per week.
After: With Fenn, the same search takes seconds. The accountant types “INV-10349,” and Fenn opens the PDF on the correct page instantly. Hours saved every month, stress reduced.
Stop wasting time scrolling. Protect client data while finding the exact page you need.