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 ;-)
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.
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"
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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All gone :) That's probably the one thing I miss from before the convinience of App Store took over; the ability to get a trial version to test the functionality.
Granted, 6 USD is not much, but I'm a broke student nonetheless.
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
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:
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...
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.
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.
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?
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.
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. :)
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.
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.
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 don't know if it does this, but it's at least possible for the app to retroactively categorize based on metadata added by your browser. Right-click, "Get info", "More info" should tell you the page the file was downloaded from.
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.
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
If you work in an environment where you get to pick your own browser, yeah it is. Work in many an enterprise setting and IE9 could be more like the latest thing.
I posted about it here (yes, I need a blog!) https://www.facebook.com/4LSTA/posts/10154052744565574
To excerpt:
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...