Elegantautomation
Guides tagged “automation”. · 33 posts
Organize music samples, recordings and projects
Sample packs, client stems, project files and exported masters end up in one heap. Sort a producer's audio automatically — and back up projects, all local.
Organize teaching materials automatically
Tests to hand out, assignments to grade, and lesson materials all drown in Downloads. Here's how a teacher files it all automatically, with a reminder to grade.
Transfer automation rules to a new PC
Reinstalling Windows or switching PCs? Export your automation rules to one file, import on the new PC, and the folders adjust to the new user on their own.
Cluttered desktop: clean it in 10 minutes (for good)
Is your screen a wall of icons? Do a guided 10-minute desktop cleanup — then turn on a rule that keeps it clean on its own, with no effort from you.
File automation without fear: preview, then undo
Afraid a file organizer will scramble or delete your files? Preview the effect first, undo in one click, and know nothing is ever truly deleted.
File automation for accountants: a self-filing folder
Tax season, and the W-2s, 1099s and statements are scattered across Downloads with useless names. Here is how to make the tax folder file itself, by content.
File automation for lawyers: sort case files
The court portal saves 28391_document.pdf and you open ten files to find the right matter. Here is how to file case documents by the case number, on their own.
File automation for photographers: RAW, JPG, EXIF
A card dump of mixed RAW and JPG, no order, shot dates lost to the copy date. Here is how to split RAW from JPG and sort your library by the real capture date.