In macOS Mojave, there is a feature called "Use Stacks" which organise your desktop files.
I love this feature but you can only use this feature to organise files on your desktop and not in every folder.
So, I decided to make a python program which will organise my files in any folder.
Create a file organise.py
#import libraries import os from pathlib import Path #Dictionary (Add more if you want) DIRECTORIES = { "HTML": [".html5", ".html", ".htm", ".xhtml"], "IMAGES": [".jpeg", ".jpg", ".tiff", ".gif", ".bmp", ".png", ".bpg", "svg", ".heif", ".psd"], "VIDEOS": [".avi", ".flv", ".wmv", ".mov", ".mp4", ".webm", ".vob", ".mng", ".qt", ".mpg", ".mpeg", ".3gp", ".mkv"], "DOCUMENTS": [".oxps", ".epub", ".pages", ".docx", ".doc", ".fdf", ".ods", ".odt", ".pwi", ".xsn", ".xps", ".dotx", ".docm", ".dox", ".rvg", ".rtf", ".rtfd", ".wpd", ".xls", ".xlsx", ".ppt", "pptx"], "ARCHIVES": [".a", ".ar", ".cpio", ".iso", ".tar", ".gz", ".rz", ".7z", ".dmg", ".rar", ".xar", ".zip"], "AUDIO": [".aac", ".aa", ".aac", ".dvf", ".m4a", ".m4b", ".m4p", ".mp3", ".msv", "ogg", "oga", ".raw", ".vox", ".wav", ".wma"], "PLAINTEXT": [".txt", ".in", ".out"], "PDF": [".pdf"], "PYTHON": [".py"], "XML": [".xml"], "EXE": [".exe"], "SHELL": [".sh"] } FILE_FORMATS = {file_format: directory for directory, file_formats in DIRECTORIES.items() for file_format in file_formats} #This will organise your files def organize(): for entry in os.scandir(): if entry.is_dir(): continue file_path = Path(entry.name) file_format = file_path.suffix.lower() if file_format in FILE_FORMATS: directory_path = Path(FILE_FORMATS[file_format]) directory_path.mkdir(exist_ok=True) file_path.rename(directory_path.joinpath(file_path)) #if extension not present in the dctionary than create a folder name "OTHER" try: os.mkdir("OTHER") except: pass for dir in os.scandir(): try: if dir.is_dir(): os.rmdir(dir) else: os.rename(os.getcwd() + '/' + str(Path(dir)), os.getcwd() + '/OTHER/' + str(Path(dir))) except: pass if __name__ == "__main__": organize() To run this program open terminal and write
$ python organise.py My desktop before running this program:
After running this program:
Top comments (5)
I never use desktop for anything to store, I have 0 icons.. Just because I have this tendency to hide work and personal sh** when doing presentations or videos.. so my stuff is in some off dirs that I create when getting new Mac.
Tbh I've seen some weird desktop stuff on peoples Macs when they do presentations.
Few that I remember:
Divorce Papers
Odd Images (nothing NSFW, but just bizarre and weird)
Xyz Company Clients
Resumes
Taxes
Went bit off topic, but nice script tho, am Python Follower myself :)
My teacher accidentally showed us an explicit video thumbnail once while trying to locate his lecture slides haha
How about adding a folder then auto set a password for that folder?😊 thanks for sharing?
Cool! Thanks for sharing :)
Welcome :)