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Introducing TempCat 🐈 A tiny native macOS app that fixes the most annoying thing about the Downloads folder. Every file you download lands in Downloads and stays there forever. One day your disk is full and you're deleting junk one file at a time. TempCat fixes that. Download a... show more
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That's a really cool idea

ah thanks, Krzysztof!

That’s a great idea! But why make it $ as anyone can make their own in 10 minutes?

Great (VERY great) idea. Just one thing: the logo is extremely similar to QuickTime. To the point I was confused reading the tweet while watching the video and thinking this is somewhat related to QuickTime.

and thanks a lot!

Not at all! (I'm buying the app btw, I struggle a lot trying to maintain Downloads organized, or directly clean. This is a pain point, hope you have great success!)

I love the idea

the option to keep files for 30 min or a day is a clever way to manage clutter in Downloads

thanks!

Really great implementation. I was just thinking there had to be a better way.

I purchased one. So for, perfect. one bug: I work on an excel file in downloads, I save file, tempcat triggers and says there is a new download.

hey, thanks! you can exclude file types from settings or pause tempcat while working

that is a acceptable workaround, maybe consider fixing detection logic somehow when you have time. proposal: if a file is already detected before, ignore modified timestamp

great feedback, just noted for next update

the notch asking at download time is the right moment, nobody ever goes back to clean up later

yes!

so much app in the notch 😂

Thanks for the idea. Had Luna make one for me in 15 mins.

great product idea. if it’s lightweight, i’ll give it a try.

thank you! its 2.5mb at all

Very cool idea. Can I later change the due dates or re-classify the file? Will auto deletion change if moved to a different folder?

hey, thanks! yes, you can pause or exclude the files from settings

Launch offer: lifetime license, unlimited Macs👇 ???? Not free!

Here's a free one-liner script to clean up files from the Downloads directory older than 7 days: (crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo '0 3 * * * find "$HOME/Downloads" -mindepth 1 -mtime +7 -delete') | crontab -

