Watcher
Your photos sort themselves — automatically.
Included in Pro
What it does
The Watcher watches one or more import folders — your SD-card ingest folder, a download folder, a camera's wireless import — and sorts every new photo automatically as it arrives. No manual drag-and-drop, no "did I already import these?"
It waits for files to finish copying before touching them, respects a conflict strategy you choose (rename, skip or overwrite), and only sorts files directly in the watched folder — so its own output never triggers another pass. A desktop notification confirms each batch.
Statistics keep a running count of what was seen, sorted and skipped, so you always know the pipeline is healthy.
Facts
- Watched folders
- Multiple at once
- Conflict strategies
- rename, skip, overwrite
- Debounce
- 2 seconds
- Notifications
- Desktop
Key features
- Multiple watch folders at once
- Automatic sorting of new photos
- Conflict strategies (rename, skip, overwrite)
- 2-second debounce for partially-copied files
- Custom sort rules
- Live statistics (seen, sorted, errors)
- Removable-drive detection
- Desktop notifications
- Start and stop with one click
- Remove folders at any time
- Supported-file-type filter
- Activity log
- Persistent conflict and rule settings
- Only files directly in the watch root are sorted