Reopening ArchiveMind

The app being open vs. a scan running

These are two different things, and telling them apart avoids a lot of confusion:

• The app (server) is open. ArchiveMind's local server is running, and the interface at http://127.0.0.1:8765/ responds. You can search, browse, and view details. This uses very little CPU when nothing else is happening.
• A scan or enrichment task is actively running. ArchiveMind is currently reading files, extracting text, building thumbnails, or updating the visual-search index. This is when you see real CPU and disk activity.

After a scan finishes, the app stays open — the interface remains available so you can keep searching. A finished scan does not close ArchiveMind, and an open ArchiveMind does not mean something is still scanning. An idle, open ArchiveMind sitting at 0% CPU is normal.

Reopening later

Open ArchiveMind the same way as the first time (double-click the app). Your catalogue is loaded from where you chose to keep it during first-run setup — nothing needs to be rescanned just to search what was already indexed.

If a window does not appear, the interface is at:

http://127.0.0.1:8765/

Stopping the local server

Click Quit ArchiveMind in the top-right corner of the page and confirm. The page confirms the app has stopped; then close the window.

Closing the window or tab alone leaves the server running in the background. If the page is unreachable and you need to stop ArchiveMind anyway:

• macOS: open Activity Monitor (Applications → Utilities), find ArchiveMind, and quit it.
• Windows: open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc), find ArchiveMind under Processes, and choose End task.

More detail: Restarting ArchiveMind safely.