Comment by bobnarizes

Comment by bobnarizes 4 days ago

Building https://fallinorg.com/, a Mac app that organizes your files.

It looks inside each file to see what it’s about, then moves it to the right folder for you.

Everything happens on your Mac, so nothing leaves your computer. No clouds, no servers.

It already works with PDFs, text, Markdown, and many other file types. Next I’m adding ePub, and later Microsoft Office and iWork support.

If you have messy folders anywhere on your Mac, Fallinorg can help.

Brajeshwar 3 days ago

I pride myself on being pretty well organized with my digital life, especially files and folders. I’ve been using Hazel (God Knows, since it's beta). Recently, I realized it has become a muscle memory for me to name/rename files, and drop them where they belong while I'm working on or as it happens. This works for me now because I have a weekly routine of digital chores that picks up any slack and missing things that I missed during my days. Compound this with the fact that I have reduced a lot of clutter, minimized things that I’m involved in. That worked. I did away with Hazel since the beginning of 2025 and I didn’t missed it.

However, I’ve been sheepishly and shamefully looking at either an AI-assisted solution to even do away with the last mile cleanups and organization that I do.

Your text above is good enough marketing for me, and your website’s content sealed it. Didn’t even look further. I’m your customer now. And, personally, have always loved supporting other founders/builders building interesting tools and utilities.

Edit: I just realized this is not compatible with Intel Macs which I wanted to use on too. I didn’t read everything on the website, did I?

Suggestion: Please send me an email after successful purchase, so I have a record.

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bobnarizes 3 days ago

Thanks so much for your thoughtful comment and support, Brajeshwar — it really means a lot.
You’re right, Fallinorg currently only supports Apple Silicon Macs. The main reason is that the M-series chips have neural engines and very high memory bandwidth, which makes the AI models run fast and efficiently. On Intel Macs the performance just isn’t the same, but I do want to explore ways to bring a great experience there too. If you’d prefer a refund in the meantime, just let me know and I’ll send it right away — no worries at all.
Also, thank you for pointing out the email confirmation — I’ll definitely add that.
I noticed you mentioned using Hazel for years and building up muscle memory with rules. Right now, Fallinorg is built around content-based AI classification rather than rules. But rules can give a lot of precision and flexibility. Could you share what kind of rules or workflows you relied on most with Hazel? That would help me understand how people like you used it, and how Fallinorg might evolve to cover those use cases better.
Again, really appreciate your support and feedback.

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- Brajeshwar 3 days ago
  
  No Refunds. I’ll use it with a Silicon Mac.
  Some of the key uses that I remember with Hazel were;
  - Of course, cleaning the Trash, Downloads, and the “tmp” folder to either delete or mark as old for me to attend to during my digital chore sessions.
  - Syncing a backup copy of all Work-Related Google Workspace, which is pre-converted to Open File Formats (I use InSync for this.)[1]
  - Screenshots older than a set day to be archived into the Pictures Backup folder. They are yearly for now. So, I have almost all screenshots I ever took, since 2022, in their yearly folder (YYYY). Each year is less than 1GB, so I’m fine with the storage.
  1. https://www.insynchq.com
  
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jonpurdy 4 days ago

This might be what I've been looking for. On the first of every month I have Hazel put everything in ~/Downloads/yyyy-mm (previous month), with the intent to move each file to the correct project/area folder in my actual file structure. But I'm about 1.5 years behind on that...

Have you looked at competitors? If so, what are they? I haven't found anything that does this as elegantly as Fallinorg.

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bobnarizes 3 days ago

Thanks for sharing, jonpurdy — I know how fast that backlog can build up!
Most tools I’ve seen (like Sparkle) sort by file name, but that only works if names are clear. Fallinorg looks inside the file itself, so it understands what the content is about before sorting. I haven’t found another Mac app doing that.
Curious — if Fallinorg could automatically handle your ~/Downloads/yyyy-mm folders each month, would that take care of the backlog for you?

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- jonpurdy 3 days ago
  
  It definitely would. Trying it out and not able to use it yet due to the main blocker: need custom categories.
  
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  bobnarizes 2 days ago
  
  Thanks Jon, Custom categories are available starting with version 3.0 beta. To add one, open Fallinorg Settings → Add New Category. Then enter a name, description with keywords or sample sentences, and make sure the destination folder is set correctly.
  Could you please check in the About section which version of the app you’re running?
  
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NetOpWibby 4 days ago

This is perfect for cleaning out my Downloads folder and adhering to the Johnny Decimal system (as a first pass, anyway). Neat!

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bobnarizes 3 days ago

Glad it looks useful! Downloads, Desktop folders get messy fast, so it’s perfect for a first clean-up.
How do you usually decide where each file goes in your Johnny Decimal system? I’d love to hear your workflow. Thank you :)

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