Gather: Smart File Manager

Your Downloads folder shouldn't be a junk drawer. Gather watches the folders you choose and files everything away the moment it lands automatically, by your rules, and always undoable.

SET IT UP ONCE
Pick the folders Gather should watch Downloads, Desktop, or any folder on your Mac. Add rules like "PDFs with 'invoice' in the name go to Documents/Finance" or start instantly with built-in rule templates. From then on, Gather keeps things tidy on its own.

POWERFUL RULES, ZERO SCRIPTING
• Match files by name, extension, type, size, date, or where they were downloaded from
• Drag to reorder rules — the first match wins, so you stay in control
• A "Sort by type" catch-all keeps everything else in sensible folders
• Preview any run with Simulate before a single file moves

AI SMART SORTING (PRO)
When no rule matches, Gather can read the file itself - the text of a PDF, the contents of a document, even what's in an image — and pick the right destination. All of it runs on-device with Apple Intelligence. Nothing ever leaves your Mac, and it works offline.

EVERYTHING IS REVERSIBLE
Every move is recorded. Undo one file, one batch, or a whole session - from the app or straight from the notification. Duplicates are handled your way: keep both, replace, skip, or ask each time.

LIVES WHERE YOU WORK
• Menu bar app with pause/resume and at-a-glance activity
• Finder extension: right-click any file to organize it, create a rule from it, or ignore it
• Scheduled runs — hourly, daily, or on launch (Pro)
• Auto-extract ZIP archives and sort what's inside (Pro)
• Smart Finder tags applied as files are sorted (Pro)
• Sync your rules across Macs with iCloud (Pro)
• Dashboard and statistics built from your real activity
• Quick Look previews right from your history

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Gather is sandboxed and only touches the folders you explicitly grant. AI sorting runs entirely on-device. No accounts, no tracking, no file ever uploaded.

FREE AND PRO
Gather is free to use: watch one folder with up to 5 rules, organize manually, and use full history, undo, and the Finder extension. Gather Pro unlocks unlimited folders and rules, AI Smart Sorting, scheduling, rule templates, auto-extract, Smart Tags, and iCloud sync — with a single one-time purchase. No subscription.

Speaks your language — Gather is localized into 32 languages.

Stop cleaning up after your Mac. Let Gather do it.