Folder Tidy 2.8.3

Quickly organize messy folders

Updated for Apple Silicon | macOS Big Sur

Featured on the App Store: "Folders That Spark Joy" (2019) & "Tidy Up Your Mac" (2020)

Educational Discount

Tunabelly Software offers a flat 30% educational discount for all our apps.

However since Folder Tidy is on sale for 50% off at the moment, we're unable combine the two offers together. The good news is that with this type of discount, it's a great time to purchase a license. The discount is pre-applied on both the website and in-app.

If you have any other questions about our educational pricing, please feel free to contact us anytime.

Educational Discount | Release Notes | EULA

Folder Tidy requires macOS 10.10 or newer. Compatible with macOS 11 Big Sur.
One license is valid for up to 3 Macs for personal or business use.
No subscription required.
All updates to 2.x are free.

Take any messy folder and have all the files sorted into tidy subfolders. It can be based on their file type (photos, presentations, PDFs, etc) using the 15+ built-in rules, or create powerful custom rules.

Folder Tidy takes advantage of all available CPU cores so sorting is only limited by disk speed. With a modern SSD drive, it can sort 10,000 files in a matter of seconds. It is also a Universal Binary which means it runs natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel for the fastest speed possible.

If it turns out the tidy wasn't exactly the way you wanted it, no problem, just hit the Undo button and everything will be moved back to their original locations. It even works after quitting with a full list of old tidies with the ability to put back all the files anytime.

Folder Tidy has been featured on the Mac App Store (2019), Macworld (2014 GEM), The Sweet Bits, Softpedia, Mac360, MakeUseOf and got 9/10 on Mac.AppStorm.

Security is also important, which is why Folder Tidy is notarized by Apple, uses the Hardened Runtime for macOS Catalina, and supports the Internet Access Policy for Little Snitch.

Any Folder

Folder Tidy can tidy up any folder, whether it's the Desktop, Documents, Downloads folders or one that's just full of unorganized files.

Simply choose which folder to tidy and another to sort the files into, and it will do the rest.

Super Fast

Folder Tidy is incredibly fast because it uses Grand Central Dispatch (GCD), a technology in macOS that allows the use of every single CPU core.

During a tidy, the only limiting factor is the speed of the drive.

On a 2018 MacBook Pro (15 inch), it's able to move over 95,000 files to their sorted subfolders in 30 seconds.

Zero Setup

From the first launch, there's nothing to configure for how the files should be sorted, or what goes where.

Enabled by default are 16 built-in rules to sort the most common files types, such as:

Pictures
Movies
PDFs
Compressed Files
Spreadsheets
Word Processing
Plus 10 more!

Custom Rules

Use custom rules to create powerful ways of sorting files. They are based on predicates, just like the search in the Finder. Use multiple conditions on the file properties, such as "Kind", "Created Date", "Size", etc.

For example: Move all files that have the extension "docx" and contain the word "invoice" and was last modified in the last 365 days to a folder labelled "Invoices from 2020".

Each custom rule is saved and can be enabled/disabled for any tidy.

Undo

The option to undo the tidy is always available whether it's right after finishing or days later in the Undo list.

All files will be moved out of the sorted folder and returned back to their original locations. This allows experimenting with different rules and options until the tidy is exactly the way that's needed.

Now

Folder Tidy fully undoes a tidy by moving back 96,787 files to their original locations.

Later

Undo previous tidies anytime

macOS Big Sur

Folder Tidy looks great in either light or dark mode on macOS Mojave (10.14), Catalina (10.15) and now, Big Sur (11).

In addition, on macOS 10.15 and up, it is notarized by Apple, and uses the Hardened Runtime to ensure it's the original from Tunabelly Software and hasn't been tampered with.

How to use Folder Tidy

We've created an app tutorial for Folder Tidy that starts with what's available, then how to use each feature or preference. It's a great way to explore and learn all the different options in Folder Tidy and how to create custom rules. We hope you enjoy it!

App Tutorial

People love Folder Tidy

We've put a lot of work in Folder Tidy to ensure it is a simple yet powerful way to organize folders that have gotten overrun with files. It's constantly updated (see latest release notes) with fixes, improvements and new features. Plus we offer great support and always try our best to solve an issues or questions that arise.

Folder Tidy has an average of 4.1 stars on MacUpdate.