Search every power-up
The search box at the top of the window looks through everything Mainspring can do at once. You don't need to know a setting's name — describe what you want.
How to search
- Click the search box at the top of any screen. It suggests a few ideas: “faster”, “never sleep”, “privacy”.
- Type a word or two. Results appear as you type.
- Use the results right there — every switch, star and button works just as it does elsewhere.
To leave search, clear the box, or click Home, On now, Favorites, Browse all or Automations in the sidebar, which empties it for you. Clicking a scene switches to it but leaves your search in place.
What you get back
Results are grouped under four headings:
- Recipes — recipe cards. Click one to open it.
- Power — Keep awake with the lid closed, Clean Mode and the power switches.
- System — Show the Library folder, Private folders and Lock-screen message.
- Power-ups — individual power-ups and sliders.
If nothing matches, you'll see No matches — try another word.
Why “snappy” finds “faster”
Search is more forgiving than a plain text match:
- Every word must match. “dock size” narrows the results to things matching both words — the Dock size slider among them — rather than everything that mentions the Dock.
- Words match their relatives. Mainspring knows groups of related words, so “snappy”, “quick” and “lag” find speed power-ups, “clamshell” finds the never-sleep control, and “pointer” finds the mouse and trackpad settings.
- Part of a word is enough. “scre” finds the screenshot power-ups.
- Hidden tags help. Some items answer to extra words — Clean Mode to “wipe” and “dust”, Private folders to “secret” and “recents”.
- Setting names work too. Power-ups also match the part of macOS they change,
such as
com.apple.dock.
Search includes Advanced power-ups
Browse all hides Advanced power-ups until you switch Advanced on. Search always includes them.
What search doesn't cover
A few tools live only in Browse all: Keep awake, Turn the display off after, Dark Mode, the Network tools, Hot Corners and Screenshot folder.
Everything in this guide is in Mainspring's free trial — no account needed, and every change can be undone in one click.
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