25 Jul 2011

FolderOrg is Lion Compatible!

Make sure you have the Snow Leopard version of FolderOrg and it will work just fine with Lion!

The older version is built off of PowerPC and requires Rosetta. The SL build is much faster anyway.

Both are available here:

Direct link:
20 Jul 2011

FolderOrg compatible with Lion!

I have not performed much testing yet, but initial indications are that FolderOrg works with Lion. More details to come...

22 Sep 2010

FolderOrg moved to Google Code!

FolderOrg, the awesomely useful folder organizer for Mac OS X is now living at:

https://code.google.com/p/folderorg

I am still in the process of making myself at home there, but I already uploaded the FolderOrg AppleScript source file into svn.

Short FolderOrg description

FolderOrg is an AppleScript Folder Action that is organizes files and folders by moving them into dated subfolders. This is helpful in keeping files and folders organized by the day they were added, not created or modified.

I use this for my downloads folder, where I would like to keep a days downloads grouped together.It works well for drop boxes, the Documents folders, and event the Desktop folder!

Here is a picture of how it organizes my Downloads folder:

31 Aug 2009

FolderOrg — now works with Snow Leopard

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The old version FolderOrg in Snow Leopard requires Rosetta PPC emulation. I rebuilt the script in Snow Leopard and Rosetta is no longer required. It also appears to run much faster. Click here to download. I have not tested this version on anything but Mac OS X 10.6.

Installing in Snow Leopard.

  1. Unzip FolderOrgXSnowLeopard.zip
  2. Copy FolderOrgX.app to ~/Library/Folder Action Scripts/
  3. Right-click on a folder that you want organized.
  4. Select Folder Action Setup...
  5. Select FolderOrgX from the action scripts

Configuring FolderOrg

To configure FolderOrg, double-click on the FolderOrgX.app icon. You will be prompted with three questions:
  • Do you want to show the folder when new items are added?
  • Do you want to activate the Finder when new items are added?
  • Do you want to change them modification date to the time items were added?

What is FolderOrg?

It organizes your Downloads folder, Desktop folder, or any other folder by grouping new items into a dated folder. It looks like this:
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FolderOrg will only organize newly added files; not pre-existing files.

Warranty

This software is freeware. Use at your own risk. FolderOrgX is unsupported, but I will respond to comments on this post as time permits. I have not tested this version on anything but Mac OS X 10.6.

Doug Everly's Posterous

I am an Apple enthusiast.

At my day job, I use my Mac as a workflow hub to develop for and administer UNIX systems and applications.

I wrote TipSaver for iPhone. I wrote FolderOrg for Mac OS X. I added libgenders to iTerm to help me with my day job.

This blog will be mainly Apple and tech related, I hope others will find it insightful and helpful. However, I may post additional topics that interest me.

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