Guides: how to
Pick a folder structure first, then compare three approaches by effort.
What Finder, Automator, rule-based tools and content-aware tools each suit.
Rename by first author and title; unrecognized files keep their names; you decide where they go.
Why it gets messy and which step automatic sorting solves.
Where to look first, and how to prevent it at the source.
Why names that say nothing have to be inferred from content.
Use cases: who uses it and how
Issuer, amount and date read from the page and filed by month.
Contracts named by title and signing date; IDs never carry the number in the name.
Comparisons: choosing between approaches
Price, requirements, privacy and undo side by side, with sources.
Where each of the two ideas fits.
Filewise, Hazel, FileZen, AI File Sorter, Zush and more side by side, with sources and check dates.
A free open-source cross-platform sorter versus Filewise.
Naming templates and your own models versus install-and-go Filewise.
Local AI, audio transcription and search versus Filewise.
Folder watching with presets versus Filewise.
Client and matter filing with rules versus Filewise.
Cleanup plus organizing versus rename-and-move-only Filewise.
Web and desktop AI renaming versus Filewise.