Elegantautomation
Guides tagged “automation”. · 33 posts
How to move your automations to another PC (and send them to anyone)
You spent months tuning your organizing rules. Then you changed computers — or a friend wanted the same ones. Here's how to export everything to one file and import it safely.
A week with file autopilot: what changes
What's it like to leave file organizing on autopilot? A plausible week — day-one setup, the first quiet capture, a batch held for review, the Sunday recap.
Automatically move files from one folder to another
Want Windows to move files from one folder to another on its own? One watched-folder rule sorts every file the instant it lands — no scripts, no dragging.
File automation recipes: a tour of 26 packs
The Recipe Gallery has 26 packs of ready-made file-automation rules, from everyday cleanup to your country's paperwork. Here's the whole map, group by group.
final_final_v2: escaping file version chaos
final, final_final, final_final_v2 — how do you find the good one? Escape version chaos with dated names, one round-up rule, and search by content.
How to automate file organization in 1 minute
Not sure where to start automating file organization? The app asks what you never want to do by hand, ships ready-made rules, and turns it on in one click.
Organize developer downloads: SDKs, repos, builds
Installers, cloned repos, dumps and stray .env files pile up in Downloads. Here is how to sort a developer's mess automatically, on your own PC.
Organize drone footage and video by date
A memory card of DJI, GoPro and camera files with cryptic names, dumped in one folder. Sort footage by date, rename it cleanly and archive it — all local.