// mac file organization
Your Downloads folder has hundreds of files you'll never look at again. DMGs from apps you installed months ago. PDFs buried under zip files. Screenshots mixed with installers. AutoShelf watches your folders and sorts everything automatically.
Download from App Store// the problem
// how it works
Choose Downloads, or any folder you want to keep organized. AutoShelf starts watching it instantly.
Use a built-in template or create your own. Sort by type, source, app, size, or age. Move, copy, rename, tag, trash, or archive. Your call.
AutoShelf runs in the background. Every new file gets handled instantly. No sorting, no dragging, no thinking.
// what you can do
Automatically route images to an Images folder, PDFs to Documents, videos to Movies, archives to Archives. AutoShelf recognizes file types using macOS metadata, not just extensions.
DMG, PKG, and MPKG files are useful for about 30 seconds. AutoShelf sends them to the Trash the moment they arrive, so they never pile up.
Files carry metadata about where they came from. Route GitHub downloads to Developer, Slack files to Work, Figma exports to Design, automatically.
AutoShelf knows whether a file came from Safari, Chrome, Arc, Slack, or Finder. Sort by the app that downloaded it, not just the file itself.
Files sitting in Downloads for 30 days? Probably never opening them again. Create a rule to move or trash files older than any number of days.
Files bigger than 100MB eating up disk space? Auto-tag them so they're easy to find and review. Or move them to a separate folder automatically.
// built-in templates
AutoShelf includes ready-made templates for the most common Downloads folder problems. Enable them with one click.
// faq
AutoShelf watches your Downloads folder and applies rules you set. It can sort files by type into subfolders, move images to Pictures, route PDFs to Documents, and auto-delete DMGs and installer files. Once you create a rule, it runs silently in the background. No manual sorting needed.
AutoShelf includes a built-in template that automatically moves .dmg, .pkg, and .mpkg files to the Trash. You can enable it with one click, and every installer file that lands in your Downloads folder gets cleaned up automatically.
Yes. AutoShelf can create subfolders inside Downloads (Images, PDFs, Videos, Archives, Source Code) and route each file type into the right one automatically. It recognizes file types using macOS metadata, not just extensions.
AutoShelf reads the download URL metadata that macOS attaches to every downloaded file. You can create rules that route files from github.com to a Developer folder, files from Slack to a Work folder, or any other source URL pattern, all automatically.
The best approach is automation. Instead of manually sorting files every week, AutoShelf watches your Downloads folder and applies your rules instantly. Combine file type sorting, DMG cleanup, and source-based routing to keep Downloads clean without thinking about it.