Search by Description
Find photos by what they show — no tags or manual sorting required.
What it is
Search by Description finds photos by what's actually in them: "sunset", "smiling kids", "golden hour", "red dress". PhotoWorker analyzes the content of each photo in your folder and ranks matches against your query.
All analysis runs on your Mac — photos are never sent anywhere.
First run
Everything description search needs comes with PhotoWorker — there is nothing to download or turn on. Each folder you open is prepared in the background (progress at the bottom of the window). Search starts working as soon as the first results are ready and gets more accurate as preparation completes.
How to search
Press ⌘F (Quick Filter) and describe what's in the photo. The same field searches file names and descriptions: files with those words in their name come first, then photos ranked by how well they match. A frame number (for example, IMG_1234) is searched by name only.
Queries can be in English or other languages — English usually gives more accurate results.
Loose / Strict slider
A strictness slider appears below the search field: Loose ↔ Strict. Slide toward Strict — only the closest matches remain; toward Loose — more results, including loosely related ones.
All folders
To search every folder PhotoWorker has already processed, press ⌘⇧F or the Search everywhere button next to the field — the Search Everywhere window opens with the same query.