Guides: how to
How to organize files on a Mac: manual, built-in and automatic
Pick a folder structure first, then compare three approaches by effort.
Rename PDF files by content on Mac
What Finder, Automator, rule-based tools and content-aware tools each suit.
Your Downloads folder is a mess: how to fix it automatically
Why it gets messy and which step automatic sorting solves.
Can't find a file you downloaded? Here's what to do
Where to look first, and how to prevent it at the source.
How to automatically categorize downloads with messy filenames
Why names that say nothing have to be inferred from content.
Use cases: who uses it and how
Organize invoices, receipts and statements on Mac
Issuer, amount and date read from the page and filed by month.
Organize contracts, ID scans and scanned documents
Contracts named by title and signing date; IDs never carry the number in the name.
Comparisons: choosing between approaches
Filewise vs Hazel vs Finder Smart Folders
Price, requirements, privacy and undo side by side, with sources.
Rule-based vs content-aware file organizing
Where each of the two ideas fits.