Downloads Director

Organize Your Downloads — Automatically.

Free Mac App (Supports both Apple Silicon & Intel)

Tired of a cluttered Downloads folder? That keeps filling up again and again and again? With everything just laying there, piling on top of one other... for weeks and months and even years?

Downloads Director is here to clean it up — automatically and effortlessly.

This powerful Mac menu bar app lets you set custom destination paths for downloaded files based on their file type. Want all your images to go to your "Pictures" folder? Markdown files to your "Notes" folder? Code files to a project directory? No problem — just set it once, and Downloads Director does the rest.

✨ Key Features:

1. Smart File Routing Configure as many file extension rules as you need — images, documents, videos, code, and more.
2. One-Click Setup Predefined settings available for common file types — get organized instantly.
3. Real-Time Automation Runs quietly in the background, monitoring and moving new downloads in real-time.
4. Tray Menu Controls Pause/resume functionality anytime from the menu bar. Includes a handy option to instantly organize existing files in your Downloads folder.
5. Universal Compatibility Native support for both Apple Silicon (ARM) and Intel (x86) Macs.

🧹 Clean Downloads. No Effort.

Downloads Director is the simple automation tool you didn’t know you needed — until now. No more dragging and dropping. No more chaos. Just clean, sorted folders.

💸 Price: Free 📦 Instant Download

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR MAC USERS WITH NEW MAC OS (> June 2024)

On newer versions of Mac OS, Apple has made notarizing the apps mandatory, or else, it shows a dialog with text like (when running the app):

<App> can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software.

If this happens, just open your terminal and paste this command:

# For Apple Silicon 
xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine ~/Downloads/DownloadsDirector-1.0.0-mac_arm64.dmg  

# For Intel Macs 
xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine ~/Downloads/DownloadsDirector-1.0.0-mac_x64.dmg

These commands are safe to run and simply remove that restriction placed by Apple.

Once done, delete existing installed app and re-install it from the downloaded DMG. This time it should work without throwing off this warning.

Be assured, the app is completely safe and has been properly signed using Apple provided certificate.

Start organizing today and say goodbye to a cluttered Downloads folder.