How do you find a file when you can't remember its name?
I'm building Vextore, and the idea came from a problem I kept running into: I could remember exactly what was inside a file, but not what I named it.
For example, I'd remember a clip of a car drifting through the desert, but have no idea it was called ManyClips.mov
So I'd either scroll through folders until I recognized it, or just give up and download it again.
I'm curious how other people deal with this:
Do you use a naming system you actually stick to?
Folders, tags, search, or something else?
What do you lose most often: photos, videos, PDFs, screenshots?
With Vextore, I'm trying a different approach: search for files based on what you remember, rather than what they're called.
You can describe something like "car drifting through a desert," and Vextore searches inside your photos, videos, audio, and documents, even finding the exact moment inside a video where it appears.
It can also run entirely locally, so your files never have to leave your computer.
We're launching September 8.
I'd genuinely love to know how people solve this problem today, especially if you've already found a workflow or tool that works well.
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