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Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by lstamour » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 5:20 AM UTC

nness wrote: post #29

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

Ah, posted as I was writing my own reply -- that you can use mdfind or Spotlight to search against that field, or file type, or file size, all in one go. But yes, md* tools on OS X are awesome. Now I need to hunt down the counterpart on Windows...

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by jonah » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 5:42 AM UTC

emehrkay wrote: post #24

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

Daisy Disk looks cool. I've been using the free OmniDiskSweeper which gets the job done just fine, but isn't as pretty.

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by michaelx » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 6:08 AM UTC

aroch wrote: post #20

heliostatic wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Looks like a less powerful Hazel, or perhaps just more user friendly / prettier GUI. Given that I'm a long time Hazel user and have 40+ rules, I can't see a reason to switch -- there's no compelling difference

Second that. Hazel is a huge time-saver and I prefer it’s versatile features.

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by gaelian » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 6:12 AM UTC

FYI, your home page looks pretty messed up in IE9. Not that IE users would be your primary target market I assume. :)

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by mrmondo » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 6:36 AM UTC

gaelian wrote: post #34

FYI, your home page looks pretty messed up in IE9. Not that IE users would be your primary target market I assume. :)

And isn't IE9 pretty ancient anyway?!

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by tmikaeld » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 7:11 AM UTC

I love the presentation of this app, simple and clear message!

And it's much cheaper than Hazel that i have been using for many years, so for those that don't need all the advanced stuff this is perfect!

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by oellegaard » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 7:25 AM UTC

Just downloaded it and a bit disappointed it doesn't sort the existing download folder - furthermore, I would like a delete-after-x-days feature, preferably per website.

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by vincentbarr » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 7:31 AM UTC

Hazel seems like a more robust solution, and it also allows you to set rules beyond just the 'Downloads' folder.

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by amarcus » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 8:19 AM UTC

lstamour wrote: post #30

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*') && (kMDItemWhere…

That's great for power users but, I could guess that the average Mac user hasn't ever typed a command into Terminal.

This was the top comment in the Dropbox Show HN thread:

"For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software"

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by Osmium » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 10:19 AM UTC

Just bought this, and there's a big problem: the filters won't let you choose a destination directory that's not in your Home directory! I'm not sure if this is a weird Sandboxing constraint or not? But I keep my Downloads folder on a SD card[1], so the app is currently useless for me (sadly!).

Question for the dev: any plans to fix this, or should I contact Apple for a refund? If it's a permanent restriction, I'd suggest putting a notice in the App Store description.

[1] https://www3.pny.com/category_buymulti.aspx?Category_ID=591