Sweep | File Organizer
A menu-bar file organizer for macOS that files new Downloads by your rules - every move undoable.
Sweep is a native macOS menu-bar app that files new downloads into folders by rules you set, previews every batch before it runs, and can undo any move with one click.
Folders that tidy themselves.
Sweep lives in your menu bar and quietly keeps your Downloads in order. New files are filed by your rules the moment they land - and every single move can be undone with one click, even after a restart.
Features
- Files new downloads as they land; age rules re-check daily
- Match type, name, size, age, tags or the site it came from
- Move, rename, tag or unzip; removals only go to the Trash
- Undo any batch with one click, even after a relaunch
- Preview every move first and untick what should stay
- A 1, 7 or 30 day Trash timer for any download
- Cleanup finds duplicates, stalled downloads and installers
- Right-click in Finder to run a rule, flatten or merge
How it works
- Turn on a rule - sort by type, collect screenshots, or build your own: match on type, name, size, age, Finder tags or the site a file came from, then move, rename, tag or unzip.
- Point a rule at Downloads, your Desktop or any folder; auto rules file new files as they land and re-check age conditions once a day, manual rules wait for Run. Or drop files on the menu bar icon and your rules file them.
- Check the Activity Log anytime - or the optional note after Sweep files something on its own - and hit Undo on any batch to put things back, even after a relaunch.
- Open Cleanup for a second pass: duplicates, downloads that stopped part-way, archives already unpacked, old installers, large files nobody opens, empty folders and files you filed and forgot. Nothing is ticked for you, and what you choose goes to the Trash.
- On macOS 26 with Apple Intelligence, Sweep can read the names of the files nothing has filed yet and draft a rule for them - switched off, in the builder, for you to read before it ever runs.
Buying and licensing
Yes. Download the app and it runs in full for 30 days - no key, no card, no email. Nothing is held back during the trial.
No. You pay once and the license is yours for good, on up to 3 Macs. There is no renewal and no in-app purchase. The studio also sells an optional subscription that includes this app, if you would rather have every app instead.
Buy from the store and the key arrives by email right after checkout. Paste it into the app once and it stays activated.
The app locks until you enter a key. Nothing is deleted - your data stays on your Mac and comes straight back the moment you activate.
Yes, and thank you. Every app page has a Buy me a coffee button - one-off, any amount. It is not a purchase: no license is issued and nothing is unlocked, so every app works exactly the same whether you tip or not.
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