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Focus

AI video search for Mac

Focus is an AI video search app for Mac that helps you find specific moments in large collections of interviews, production footage, research recordings, or personal videos.

by Very Interesting

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Helps you Organize your video library 10

What you get

Find the moment you need without scrubbing through hours of video.

With Focus, you can search your videos by what you remember: a spoken phrase, a person, an object, or something happening on screen. You get a way to locate useful moments across hours of footage without watching everything again or manually tagging each file.

Your collection becomes searchable through automatic indexing, while your files stay where you already store them. You can revisit old interviews, recover a forgotten family clip, or locate a moment from a research session using natural-language searches. Once you find what you need, you can export results for use in popular editing workflows.

You also keep your footage on your Mac. All processing happens locally, with no cloud uploads or tracking, so searching confidential client recordings or personal archives doesn't require sending them elsewhere.

  • Find quotes faster

    You can locate spoken phrases without replaying entire interviews or recordings.

  • Search what you remember

    You can find moments by people, objects, scenes, or on-screen events, even when you don't remember the words.

  • Revisit your archive

    You can search older footage without manually tagging files or changing where you store them.

  • Keep recordings private

    Your footage is processed on your Mac, without cloud uploads or tracking.

  • Spend less time hunting

    You can export search results for editing workflows instead of repeatedly searching through source footage.

Best for

  • You edit interviews, documentaries, or recorded podcasts
  • You need to revisit client or UX research recordings
  • You have years of personal videos to search

Skip it if

You probably don't need it if you have only a few short videos and can already find the moments you want.

Screenshots

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From the developer

Focus is an AI-powered video search app for Mac. Search hours of footage by what was said, who appeared, or what happened on screen—without manually tagging files. Everything runs locally on your Mac, so your videos stay private while you find the exact clip you need in seconds.
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