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An AI file organiser for your Mac
iFiley reads every download, works out which of your folders it belongs in, and files it with one press of Return. It all happens on your Mac, and nothing you file is sent anywhere.
What it does
An AI file organiser reads a file and decides where it belongs, so you don't have to write a rule for every client, bill and receipt. iFiley does that for everything that lands in Downloads, or any folder you ask it to watch, and files it into the folders you already have on your Mac and in your clouds.
How it reads a file
The name, the text inside it, scans read with the Mac's own text recognition, the names of people and businesses it spots, and the site the file came from. A council rates notice and a supplier invoice look alike to a rule. They don't look alike to something that reads them.
How it picks a folder
Five signals, one score, for every folder you've given it: what the file is about, a name it recognises, words in common, where you filed lately, and where you file most. Words that turn up in every line of work, like “invoice”, count for nothing. A rare word, or a folder's own name turning up in the file, counts for a lot.
It learns as you go
Every file you put away teaches that folder a little more about what belongs in it. When a word keeps going to one folder, iFiley offers to make it a rule, and one yes makes it a sure match. Open any folder and you can see the words behind every guess.
When it isn't sure, it asks
It only offers a folder as the one when it's confident. Otherwise it asks, with a few folders that might fit, your pinned ones and your recent ones. A wrong guess filed without asking is worse than a question.
On your Mac, not a server
Plenty of AI tools send your files, or at least their names, to a server to be read. iFiley doesn't. Reading, text recognition, ranking and filing all run on your Mac, with no account and no analytics. It only goes online to check your licence and to look for updates, and neither carries anything from your files.
What to look for in any AI file organiser
Where does it read your files?
On your Mac, or on someone's server? For contracts, payslips and medical letters, it matters. Look for a plain answer on the privacy page.
Whose folders does it use?
Some organisers build their own structure and move yours aside. Others file into the folders you already have. Pick the one that matches how you work. Here's how iFiley and Sparkle differ.
Can you undo it?
Anything that moves your files should show you what it moved and let you put it back in one click.
What happens when it's unsure?
A good organiser asks. One that always guesses will bury a file somewhere you'll never look. Rules apps never guess, but you write every rule: iFiley vs Hazel.
Free for a week · macOS 14 and later
Try iFiley on your own downloads
Seven days, from the first file it catches. No card and no account. Notarised by Apple.