Offline AI File Search on Mac: Meet Findcub
Need offline AI file search on Mac? Meet Findcub for documents, images, audio, and video, and see how it fits alongside ShotAI's video search workflow.
For offline AI file search on Mac across documents, images, audio, and video, take a look at Findcub. After first-time online setup and local library preparation, supported local content can be searched on your Mac without an internet connection. For finding, reviewing, and exporting shots from a video library, ShotAI provides a dedicated video workflow.
A Video Project Contains More Than Footage
A project folder might contain a creative brief, presentation slides, reference images, interview recordings, and the footage itself. Sometimes you remember what a file contains but cannot remember its name or which folder holds it.
ShotAI focuses on finding useful shots in your footage. When the search extends to the rest of your local files—and you need the search itself to stay on your Mac—Findcub is worth exploring. Both products are from Seeknetic, with different workflows for different tasks.
What Can Findcub Search?
Findcub is a Mac application for searching across supported local documents, images, audio, and video. Its official product page describes content search beyond filenames, with results that let you return to the source. This is what “multimodal search” means here: searching several types of content in one local library.
| Material in your project | What you might be trying to find | What to check in the result |
|---|---|---|
| Documents and slides | A brief or presentation about a particular topic | The original document and the relevant page or passage |
| Images and screenshots | A reference image whose subject or appearance you remember | The actual image, rather than its filename alone |
| Audio | A recording about a topic or discussion you remember | The source audio and the surrounding context |
| Video | A clip containing a scene you remember | The source video and the relevant content |
Use these examples as starting points, then open the source to check the match. Audio support does not guarantee a word-perfect transcript or exact spoken-phrase matching.
The current website lists document formats including PDF, DOCX, PPTX, TXT, MD, and XLSX, and image formats including JPEG, PNG, HEIC, WebP, and GIF. Check the current product page for your file types before preparing a large library. “Multimodal” does not mean every format or every detail is supported.
How Offline Search Works
For Findcub's prepared local library, processing, inference, and search run on the Mac. Its privacy policy says local file content, search queries, indexes, and embeddings are not sent to Findcub's servers for search.
There is an initial online step. The setup guide covers sign-in, model download, and initial library preparation. Once setup is complete and the supported local files are ready, the offline guide says they can be searched without an internet connection.
That distinction is useful when planning work away from a connection: prepare the library first, keep the original files accessible on the Mac or attached storage, then search offline. Connecting accounts or retrieving new cloud content still needs a connection. Account and service operations are separate from the policy for local search content.
When to Use Findcub and When to Use ShotAI
Start with the job you want to finish.
| Your main requirement | Product to explore | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Find documents, images, recordings, and videos across a local library | Findcub | It brings supported content types into a local search workflow. |
| Search prepared local content without an internet connection | Findcub | Its documented local search runs on the Mac after setup. |
| Find a visually described shot, review it, and prepare it for an edit | ShotAI | It connects shot-level search to source review and export. |
| Work with project references as well as a footage library | Both, for their respective tasks | Use Findcub for broader file discovery and ShotAI for the video workflow. |
ShotAI's search guide describes natural-language queries based on visible subjects, actions, settings, and camera views. Its review and export guide explains how to inspect candidate shots and prepare an editing handoff.
ShotAI keeps original video files on your computer, but its current AI understanding uses cloud processing of derived visual and possible audio data; semantic queries also use online encoding. Read privacy and connectivity for that boundary. If fully offline semantic search is a requirement, evaluate Findcub's prepared local-file workflow.
Try Findcub With One Project Folder
The current download is a preview for Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 14 or later. A small, familiar folder is a useful starting point:
- Complete setup while online. Follow Findcub's getting-started guide and prepare the local model.
- Choose supported files you know well. Include a few documents, reference images, recordings, or videos. Let the library finish preparing.
- Search for content you remember. Compare a filename query with a description of the content, then open the source to judge the match.
- Check the offline workflow. Once the library is ready, repeat a known search without a connection and confirm you can open the original file.
For example, a creator could start by looking for a project brief and a visual reference in Findcub, then use ShotAI to find candidate B-roll for the edit. The ShotAI B-roll tutorial walks through the second task.
FAQ
Can Findcub search documents, images, and audio offline? Yes, its documentation describes offline search of supported local documents, images, audio, and video after first-time online setup and library preparation. Keep the source files available locally.
Does Findcub upload files or search queries to run the search? Its privacy policy says local search content, queries, indexes, and embeddings remain on the Mac. Sign-in and other account services are separate; the policy explains their data handling.
Is ShotAI also fully offline? ShotAI's current documented AI understanding and semantic-query processing use online services. Original video files remain local. For prepared local multimodal search without a connection, look at Findcub.
Which Macs can run Findcub? The current Findcub preview is for Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 14 or later. Check the installation guide for current requirements before downloading.
Explore Findcub
If your next search involves a document, image, audio recording, or a mix of local files, visit Findcub. For a video-focused workflow, start with your first useful shot in ShotAI.
Published by ShotAI. Findcub and ShotAI are both Seeknetic products. Product details were checked against official pages on October 19, 2026.