File Vortex

Smart File Organizer for macOS

Drag, drop, done. Automatically organize your photos and documents with AI-powered tagging and instant search.

macOS 14.0 Sonoma or later
Get File Vortex
30+ File Formats
AI Image Analysis
OCR Text Extraction
100% On-Device Privacy

How It Works

From chaos to order in four simple steps

1

Set Your Folder

Choose your NAS, external drive, or any folder as the destination for your files.

2

Drag & Drop

Drop photos, documents, and videos onto the floating vortex window on your desktop.

3

Auto-Organize

Files are sorted into date-based folders, analyzed by AI, and tagged automatically.

4

Search & Find

Find any file instantly by name, tag, or content from the menu bar.

Screenshots

See File Vortex in action

File Vortex Drop Window

Drag & Drop Vortex

The floating drop window with animated vortex and live NAS connection status.

AI-Powered Search

AI-Powered Search

Search for "people" and find all photos with faces. AI tags are highlighted in results.

Popular Tags

Popular Tags

Browse your library by popular tags. Thumbnails and AI-generated tags at a glance.

Tag Search

Smart Tag Search

Search by any tag like "outdoor" to instantly filter your entire library.

Settings and Library Stats

Library Stats

See your library at a glance with file counts, storage location, and quick actions.

Built-in Help

Built-in Help

Step-by-step instructions right inside the app. Easy to use from day one.

Key Features

Everything you need to keep your files organized

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Drag & Drop Vortex

A floating drop window stays on top of all apps. Just drag your files onto the animated vortex and they're instantly processed.

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AI-Powered Tagging

On-device machine learning recognizes objects, scenes, faces, and text in your photos. Tags are written to Finder metadata and work with Spotlight.

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Smart Organization

Files are automatically sorted into clean date-based folder structures. Choose Year/Month, Year/Month/Day, or flat date-prefix formats.

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Instant Search

Search across filenames, AI descriptions, extracted text, and tags right from the menu bar. Click to open or reveal in Finder.

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Document Intelligence

Extracts text and keywords from PDFs, Word documents, and text files. Uses natural language processing to identify key terms.

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Completely Private

All AI processing happens on your Mac using Apple Vision and NaturalLanguage frameworks. No data ever leaves your device.

Supported File Formats

Works with all common photo, document, and video formats

Photos & Images

Standard Formats JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, WebP
Apple Formats HEIC, HEIF
RAW Formats CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, DNG, ORF, RW2

Documents

PDF Full text extraction, up to 50 pages
Office Documents DOC, DOCX, RTF, ODT
Text & Apple TXT, Pages

Videos

Common Formats MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, M4V, WMV

More Features

Built for real-world use

Lives in the menu bar — no dock icon, no clutter
Floating drop window stays visible across all apps
Automatic Facebook photo detection and sorting
Face detection with portrait and group tagging
OCR text extraction from images
Tags written to Finder metadata (works with Spotlight)
Duplicate file handling with automatic renaming
NAS connection monitoring with auto-reconnect
Popular tags sidebar for quick filtering
Open at login option
Custom tags before dropping files
Works with NAS (SMB), external drives, or local folders

Get File Vortex

File Vortex is available on the Mac App Store. Organize your files, let AI do the tagging, and find anything in seconds.

App Store

System Requirements

  • macOS 14.0 Sonoma or later
  • Apple Silicon or Intel Mac
  • Network storage (NAS) or external drive recommended
  • 100MB free disk space