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Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by saucow » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 1:32 AM UTC

llamataboot wrote: post #19

cale250 wrote: post #13

This is a nit-pick really, but I'd like to see it organize on first run rather than on first download. Unfortunately for me disk I/O can be a bottleneck on this old machine. It slowed down a rather large download while it shuffled things around and unpacked them.

So does it organize all already existing files as well?

Yes it does, you have to download a new file after setup, and this will trigger sorting for the rest of the files in the downloads directory.

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by ecnahc515 » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 1:57 AM UTC

Id like to try it, and I see you had some promos, but I suggest you go with the route of free, and after X downloads it begins to ask you after every X other downloads whether or not you would like to pay, using a pop up.

It lets people try the app without risk of paying for something they don't like. If they like it, then they go to your website, or use the popup to get a license to upgrade to the 'pro' version which doesn't bug them, and has more features or something.

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by matdevdug » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 2:06 AM UTC

Really liking it so far. Works as advertised and I like how its 50% of the power of Hazel for less than 50% of the price.

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by emehrkay » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 3:19 AM UTC

TamDenholm wrote: post #7

Awesome, my downloads folder has 2865 items in it. This will help. :)

Ha. I just moved everything in my downloads folder to an "Old" folder to get to downloads zero. 28 gigs, I don't know why I'm holding on to it. I do the same with desktop icons.

When I run daisy disk, the folders with the most used space are Virtual Machines, Downloads, and Desktop

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by pyre » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 3:46 AM UTC

FYI, I'm seeing the frontpage a bit off: http://i.imgur.com/wi1EOdD.jpg (Firefox 30.0 + Mac OSX 10.9.4)

edit: Sorry if I came off a bit blunt, but something else was demanding my attention, so I just quickly commented on the issue without expanding much. :)

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by mutant » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 3:55 AM UTC

I'm not sure I can leave my Hazel.

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by wingerlang » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 4:34 AM UTC

heliostatic wrote: post #3

saucow wrote: post #2

Here are 10 promo codes for the app; please let us know how you like it and what we can do to improve :) XA494F6AP3T6 THN3M4LKLL6K 9WXENNEA3R9F YYFXYF3FAMFJ 4M6WWR7ER6H6 FJNJ9HWXXLWY R69TAP4LRJEP JJTT6FJEME79 XHM4HHWXTHWP MPW6FRWPFTJ7

Thanks. Downloading now to compare with Hazel for keeping my Downloads folder organized.

Could you let me/us know your results? I've been looking into this and Hazel seems to be the only option until now. But iirc it is a bit pricy.

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by modfodder » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 5:05 AM UTC

cr3ative wrote: post #4

Scrolling on the site doesn't appear to work on Chrome (Mavericks, OSX 10.9.4). Have to use the nipples on the right to force a scroll.

Scrolling worked for me. (Mavericks 10.9.4, Chrome 35.0.1916.153).

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by nness » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 5:08 AM UTC

Pretty damn cool. For those interested (and running OSX obviously), you can find the source of your downloads by running the following from the Terminal:

  mdls file -name kMDItemWhereFroms

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by lstamour » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 5:11 AM UTC

If anyone's getting it for the filters, well ... you know you can do exactly that using Spotlight already, right? If not, well, it might be worth giving Spotlight a second look, it can be unexpectedly powerful, and more than just an app launcher ;-)

I posted about it here (yes, I need a blog!) https://www.facebook.com/4LSTA/posts/10154052744565574

To excerpt:

  mdfind "(kMDItemWhereFroms != '*google*') && (kMDItemWhereFroms != '') 
  && (kMDItemWhereFroms != '*gmail*') && (kMDItemFSName == '*.zip')" -onlyin ~/Downloads

Yep, you guessed it. Looks for zip files in my Downloads folder which have a download location, but they had nothing to do with Google or Gmail as sources or referrers.

Bonus: You can perform the same filters from Spotlight searches -- see photo at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154054043670574&se... Just edit the list of available filters, there are many more than you might expect...