Folder Tidy Changelog

What's new in Folder Tidy 2.9.2

Sep 10, 2023
  • [New] Introduced a prompt to encourage having a recent backup before initiating a tidy (this can be disabled after the first appearance).
  • [Improvement] Displaying the current file path being moved back in the undo window.
  • [Improvement] Improved the undo logic to no longer treat "file already exists" as an error.
  • [Improvement] Improved thread-safe handling for updating the Log Output window.
  • [Improvement] Upgraded to the latest Paddle licensing service for incremental improvements and fixes.
  • [Fixed] Resolved an issue where an undo could stall if it was unable to create one of the necessary folders to recreate the original hierarchy.

New in Folder Tidy 2.9.1 (Feb 22, 2023)

  • [Fixed] Improved performance when running an undo.

New in Folder Tidy 2.9 (Feb 14, 2023)

  • [New] Added ability to increase the height of both the preferences and rule editor windows so they're easier to work with.
  • [New] Added logic to determine if Spotlight may not be working properly and how to resolve it.
  • [New] Added new log messages window under the Help menu to assist when working with support. This includes a new option to increase the logging level, which is turned off by default.
  • [Improvement] Updated the nomenclature from label -> tag so it's the same as the modern Finder.
  • [Improvement] Increased the width of the rule editor sheet so the text fields for date predicates are wide enough.
  • [Improvement] Improved the finished message so it has the correct grammar if only one file was moved.
  • [Improvement] Minor tweaks to the sizing and position of some windows and controls.
  • [Fixed] Issue where an undo file would still be added to the list, even if there were zero files moved.
  • [Fixed] Issue where if only one file was moved, the undo would show two files due to a duplication of the file information.
  • [Fixed] Issue where the number of files moved that was displayed could have been off by one.
  • [Fixed] Issue where the horizontal scrollbar may have appeared in the rule list.
  • [Fixed] Issue where the last rule may have been difficult to scroll to.

New in Folder Tidy 2.8.8 (Sep 9, 2022)

  • [New] Added new built-in rule for tidying saved emails.
  • [New] Added message if none of the files could be moved because the Spotlight metadata is missing or the files are only stored in iCloud Drive.
  • [New] Now ignores files inside Xcode .xcassets folders.
  • [Fixed] Fixed potential crash when loading previous undos if the timezone changed.
  • [Fixed] Fixed issue where some file types could not be moved.

New in Folder Tidy 2.8.7 (Aug 4, 2022)

  • [New] Added extra checks to ensure cloud storage folders are ignored.
  • [New] Using the "All On" option for the rules now excludes Folders & Aliases.

New in Folder Tidy 2.8.6 (Jul 29, 2022)

  • [New] Added ability to cancel a tidy.
  • [New] Completely new undo engine to be more resilient, including if the app is quit unexpectedly or if there's a power loss.
  • [New] Folder Tidy now requires macOS 10.13 or higher due to some newer system calls that are needed.

New in Folder Tidy 2.8.5 (Dec 12, 2021)

  • [New] Refreshed icons for main window and preferences on macOS 11 and above.
  • [New] Added more file types to safeguard so the contents will never be moved, such as photo libraries, FCP projects and more.
  • [New] Dragging and dropping a file for the source or destination folders now shows an error dialog.
  • [Fixed] Typo in the details about how the tidy will work.
  • [Fixed] Issue where dropping a folder for the source or destination wouldn't work properly.
  • [Fixed] Updated the Paddle licensing framework for improved macOS 12 Monterey support.

New in Folder Tidy 2.8.4 (Jan 17, 2021)

  • [New] Added "does not contain" option for Name predicates (for custom rules).
  • [New] Preferences window has updated toolbar style on macOS Big Sur.
  • [Fixed] Issue where the preferences window was resizable.
  • [Fixed] Issue where the Image file type predicate may not have worked for a custom rule.

New in Folder Tidy 2.8.3 (Nov 24, 2020)

  • [New] Improved compatibility with macOS Big Sur, including new app icon!
  • [New] Universal Binary with support for Apple Silicon.
  • [New] Added HEIC as a image type option for custom rules.
  • [New] Changed folder name from "Pictures" to "Images".
  • [New] Revised preferences UX for a cleaner appearance.
  • [New] Source folder can no longer be any protected folder, such as the entire user folder, Library folder, etc.
  • [Fixed] Issue where it was possible to delete a built-in rule.
  • [Fixed] Issue where after deleting a custom rule, the next row could be incorrectly selected.
  • [Fixed] Issue where choosing vCard file type in a custom rule had an unused popup menu appear.
  • [Fixed] Issues related to licensing by updating the Paddle framework to their latest version.

New in Folder Tidy 2.8.2 (Jun 21, 2020)

  • [New] Added ability to quickly remove all old undos, or based on the created date.
  • [Fixed] Issue where the loading indicator for the undos would keep spinning.
  • [Fixed] Issue where the undo files wouldn't be able to save.
  • [Fixed] Issue where using the same source and destination folders would result in zero files being moved.

New in Folder Tidy 2.8.1 (Jun 16, 2020)

  • [New] The undo history is now loaded in the background to speed up app launch times.
  • [Fixed] Issue where some of the created subfolders wouldn't be removed during an undo.
  • [Fixed] Issue where in some rare cases, the undo wouldn't be able to move some of the files back properly.
  • [Fixed] Issue where it was possible that some files would be sorted into the correct subfolder, then moved into another subfolder.
  • [Fixed] Potential crash if the undo file couldn't be saved.

New in Folder Tidy 2.8 (May 8, 2020)

  • [New] Added a full undo feature to put files back even after quitting or starting a new tidy.
  • [New] Updated the entire UX to be cleaner and easier to use.
  • [New] Alerts before a tidy when the source or destination folders aren't accessible.
  • [New] Reorganized the options into categories.
  • [Fixed] Issue where some of the windows wouldn't be properly centered.
  • [Fixed] Issue where some of the created subfolders wouldn't be removed with an undo.
  • [Fixed] Issue where the source and destination folders wouldn't be usable after opening and closing the preferences.
  • [Fixed] Potential crash if the folder with the current date and time couldn't be created.

New in Folder Tidy 2.7.5 (Nov 17, 2019)

  • New:
  • Full macOS 10.15 Catalina support including using the Hardened Runtime.
  • Show alert about undo when starting a new tidy.
  • Fixed:
  • Issue where elapsed time would be incorrect if it took over an hour for the tidy.
  • Issue where in very specific cases, some files would not be put back when undoing a tidy

New in Folder Tidy 2.7.4 (Aug 19, 2019)

  • Added:
  • Internet Access Policy for Little Snitch that describes every connection Folder Tidy can possibly make.
  • Fixed:
  • Issue where files that were packages (ex: Logic Pro X) would get skipped.
  • Issue where the keyboard delete key wouldn't work for removing custom rules.
  • Issue with the undo feature where it wouldn't be able to move certain files back.
  • Issue where some folders created in the destination wouldn't be removed after an undo.
  • Issue with incorrect rules being enabled if they were rearranged.

New in Folder Tidy 2.7.3 (Jan 20, 2019)

  • [New] Undo feature now runs in the background, with an updated progress.
  • [New]Confirmation dialog shown when quitting to make sure it's clear that the undo is only available while the app is open.
  • [New] Both the source and destination folder path controls are drag/drop enabled for choosing the folders.
  • [New] Minor touch ups to the UX to be both cleaner and clearer.
  • [Fixed] Issue where is was possible in some rare cases that the undo feature wouldn't be able to put all the files back.
  • [Fixed] Issue with the items in the Ignore list not being visible.
  • [Fixed] Issue where in some rare cases files wouldn't be ignored properly if there were multiple folders with the same prefix.
  • [Fixed] Issue where the "Ignore Bundles / Packages" feature wouldn't always work properly.
  • [Fixed] Potential crash when using "name contains" in a custom rule. If this happened, please edit the rule and close it to re-save in the proper format.
  • [Updated] Paddle framework to 3.0.40, which resolves a potential crash when showing the trial window.

New in Folder Tidy 2.7.2 (Sep 27, 2018)

  • [New] macOS 10.14 (Mojave) support including for the new system wide Dark Mode.
  • [New] It now requires macOS 10.10 or higher.
  • [New] Massive speed improvement when the app is sorting through the files. We've reworked the engine that finds and sorts through the files to be smarter and also take advantage of multicore CPUs. These changes will decrease the time to finish a tidy by 500 to 1000%. Sorting through 90,000 files in folders and subfolders used to take 2 minutes & 6 seconds on a test Mac. Now it takes around 10 seconds.
  • [New] The in-progress window now shows the current rule that is being processed.
  • [New] Any errors related to moving files are no longer shown as modal alerts during the tidy. They are now available in a popover by clicking the warning icon that appears in the finished window.
  • [New] Undoing a tidy is now substantially faster.
  • [Fixed] Issue where it was possible for the app to run out of memory when sorting through TBs of files.
  • [Fixed] Updated Paddle framework to 3.0.39 to include their fixes and improvements for licensing and activations.

New in Folder Tidy 2.7.1 (Dec 7, 2017)

  • [New] 400% speed improvement when analyzing and sorting folders with a large number of files. Ex: In a test, 6000 files took 71 seconds, now it takes 18 seconds.
  • [New] Overall improvements with the reliability of determining file types and moving them to the correct sub folders.
  • [New] Option to skip traversing inside bundles (ex: frameworks) when enumerating a folder.
  • [New] Changed folder name Music -> Audio & Music.
  • [New] Added crash reporting in the unlikely event something goes wrong.
  • [Fixed] Issue where some developer files (ex: storyboards, xcworkspace, etc) would be incorrectly moved to Documents.
  • [Fixed] Issue where some iWork files would be incorrectly moved to Archives or Documents.
  • [Fixed] Issue where some audio files would be incorrectly moved to Movies.
  • [Fixed] Issue where folders could get moved first before the contents were sorted properly.
  • [Fixed] Issue where the number of of tidied files could be incorrect, depending on the timing.
  • [Fixed] Issue where the number of tidied files wouldn't get reset if a new tidy was chosen.
  • [Fixed] Issue where if an error was displayed during a tidy, that particular rule would not finish.
  • [Fixed] Issue where if an error dialog was displayed during a tidy it would be behind the progress window.
  • [Fixed] Updated Paddle service to 3.0.29 which resolves a number of their bugs related to licensing and purchasing.

New in Folder Tidy 2.7.0 (Jul 18, 2017)

  • [Updated] The UI/UX of the app - almost everything has been improved!
  • [New] Progress window shows the current number of files tidied.
  • [New] Finished window shows the total number of files tidied and the total time it took.
  • [New] Finished window has a button for starting a new tidy without having to re-launch the app.
  • [New] The state of the details disclosure triangle is now persisted across app launches.
  • [New] About window now shows the email and license key for easy access.
  • [Fixed] Issue where if the app couldn't access the last chosen folders, it would try anyways and show an error dialog about not having access. Now it displays a warning and will not allow a tidy until a new folder is chosen.
  • [Fixed] Issue where the app would become unresponsive when running a tidy.
  • [Fixed] Issue where the progress window could become hidden.

New in Folder Tidy 2.6.3 (Feb 10, 2016)

  • [New] Updated Sparkle framework to 1.14.0 to resolve potential security risk (see article on Arstechnica for more info).
  • [New] Using HTTPS for updates to futher improve security.

New in Folder Tidy 2.6.2 (Oct 1, 2015)

  • [New] Improved compatibility with El Capitan (10.11), including when installing future updates.

New in Folder Tidy 2.6.1 (Jul 13, 2015)

  • [New] Added a help button to open the Folder Tidy tutorial.
  • [Fixed] Improved memory use.
  • [Fixed] Other minor improvements under the hood.

New in Folder Tidy 2.6 (May 21, 2015)

  • [New] Added ability to search Finder Tags in custom rules.
  • [New} Added "is not" option for file names.
  • [New} Rules can now be reordered.
  • [New] All created subfolders are cleaned up when undoing a tidy.
  • [Updated] Minor UI refresh.

New in Folder Tidy 2.5 (Sep 11, 2014)

  • [NEW] Refreshed UI including Retina support.
  • [NEW] Default vCard tidy rule.
  • [NEW] Default Fonts tidy rule.
  • [NEW] File extension predicate is now available.
  • [FIXED] Rare crash when tidying files.

New in Folder Tidy 2.4 (May 16, 2013)

  • Tidying works on folders where there is no Spotlight information, or it is set to be ignored.
  • Added an "is not" option for type rule. This can be used to ignore folders and only work on files.
  • Added "Turn All On" and "Turn All Off" buttons for the rules.
  • Added the ability to double click your rules to start editing them.
  • Fixed issue where "name contains" wouldn't always work properly.
  • Misc improvements to the rules engine.

New in Folder Tidy 2.3.1 (Apr 11, 2013)

  • Resolved rare issue where it was possible that the app could crash.

New in Folder Tidy 2.3 (Mar 19, 2013)

  • Resolved issue with Lion sandbox compatibility.
  • Faster tidies.

New in Folder Tidy 2.2 (Mar 16, 2013)

  • Resolved issue with Pages documents not going into Word Processing.
  • Resolved potential issue with CSS files going into Documents.
  • Xcode plists and strings now go into Source Code.
  • For clarity, renamed the "Text" rule to "Word Processing".
  • Sandbox compatible.

New in Folder Tidy 2.1.4 (Jan 26, 2013)

  • File extensions are preserved for duplicate files.

New in Folder Tidy 2.1.3 (Nov 10, 2012)

  • [FIXED] Issue when using the same source and destination folder (ex: Desktop) without the current time/date subfolder.

New in Folder Tidy 2.1.2 (Oct 19, 2012)

  • [FIXED] Issue where it was possible to end up with empty folders with nothing tidied.
  • [FIXED] Destination type folders will only be created if there are files to move into it.

New in Folder Tidy 2.1.1 (Sep 10, 2012)

  • [FIXED] Potential hang when tidying.
  • [FIXED] Issues when files with the same names already existed in the tidied folder.

New in Folder Tidy 2.1 (Jul 6, 2012)

  • [FIXED] Issue with tidying files inside subfolders.
  • [FIXED] Archives (ex: zip, rar) go into a separate folder instead of Documents.
  • [FIXED] Xcode projects go into the Source Code folder.
  • [FIXED] Issue when undoing the tidy where folders have been copied.

New in Folder Tidy 2.0.4 (May 22, 2012)

  • [FIXED] Issue where if the destination folder was removed it wouldn't be re-created.

New in Folder Tidy 2.0.3 (Apr 17, 2012)

  • [FIXED] Improved speed.
  • [FIXED] Improved Movies rule to include ASF files.
  • [FIXED] Improved Documents rule to be smarter about what it includes.
  • [FIXED] Improved Source Code rule to include Interface Builder files.
  • [FIXED] Resolved issue where removing a custom rule wouldn't work properly.
  • [NEW] Added a Web Locations rule.
  • [NEW] Added a Text Clippings rule.

New in Folder Tidy 2.0.2 (Mar 22, 2012)

  • [FIXED] Files that have slashes in the name now get tidied up properly.
  • [FIXED] Tidies are now much faster.
  • [NEW] Added support for .docx and .xlsx files.
  • [NEW] Added Disk Images rule.
  • [NEW] The destination folder is now saved and restored based on the folder selected to tidy.

New in Folder Tidy 2.0.1 (Mar 15, 2012)

  • [FIXED] Resolved issue on some computers where Folder Tidy wouldn't show the main window properly.

New in Folder Tidy 2.0 (Mar 8, 2012)

  • [NEW] Added ability to select which folder to tidy.
  • [NEW] Added ability to use custom rules.
  • [NEW] Added more preset tidy rules for PDF, Spreadsheet, Presentation and Text.
  • [NEW] Clean and simple initial window with all the preferences in a separate window.
  • [NEW] A new name for the app!

New in Folder Tidy 1.1 (Jan 11, 2012)

  • [NEW] Added option to toggle hiding the currently running applications when performing a desktop cleanup.
  • [NEW] Added option to toggle showing the cleaned up folder when it's finished.
  • [FIXED] Only create the subfolders if there is at least one item to go into it.
  • [FIXED] Refined the UI area for choosing where the cleaned up folder goes.

New in Folder Tidy 1.0.1 (Jan 5, 2012)

  • Added support for 32 bit Macs.