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Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by arb99 »

jonah wrote: post #32
emehrkay wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

http://www.derlien.com/ disk inventory x is a decent one too.

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by erlendfh »

Osmium wrote: post #40

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 su…

Same problem here. I don't have much space on my main drive, so I don't have any downloads stored inside the home folder, I have everything on my secondary hard drive. What is the reason for this restriction?

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by joshstrange »

xemoka wrote: post #16

It'd be nice if you had the cost on your page instead of just a link to the Apple Store. I dislike this trend.

I'm not sure why you are getting downvoted. I couldn't agree more. It seems very bait-and-switch-y to me to have a landing page without the price on it.

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by kthr »

Just bought the app. Love everything apart from the arrow icon on the menubar. It seems like the rest of the app has had a lot of care and attention given to it whereas this is just a simple filled in arrow. Takes away from the entire thing.

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by fuzzywalrus »

erlendfh wrote: post #42
Osmium wrote: post #40

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 su…

Same problem here. I don't have much space on my main drive, so I don't have any downloads stored inside the home folder, I have everything on my secondary hard drive. What is the reason for this restriction?

Thanks for the heads up on that, my downloads folder resides on another drive. This app wouldn't be much help :(

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by lominming »

Something that many people keep missing out is Automator. You can easily create a Folder Action in Automator and makes magical stuff happen. I think Automator is really underused for many people.

I should make one for myself and open source it.

Re: Show HN: Download organizer for Mac

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Post by lstamour »

amarcus wrote: post #39
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 acce…

Perhaps you missed my screenshot later, in which I reveal that this is also possible from Finder's Spotlight? It's equally reminicient of "smart folders" or, effectively, saved searches on either Windows or Mac platforms. I'm not saying the whole thing could be replicated, or isn't easier. I'm just pointing out a potentially simpler approach for power users who would read HN. :)
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