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Drag, drop, done! File chores in one move, right from your Mac menu bar.
Requirements
- Mac with Apple silicon or Intel and macOS 14 Sonoma or later
Getting started
- Click the Dropmatic icon in the menu bar and choose Open Dropmatic.
- Create a flow and add the actions you want, in the order you want them.
- Drag some files and shake them, or hold them over the menu bar icon. Drop them on a flow.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Dropmatic? I can't find it in the Dock.
Dropmatic lives only in the menu bar, at the top of the screen. Click its icon to open your flows, settings and the About window.
The flows don't show up when I drag.
Check that Shake to open is on in Settings, and try a lower sensitivity if you need to shake hard. You can also hold the files over the Dropmatic icon in the menu bar for a moment.
Why do I have to choose a folder?
Dropmatic runs in Apple's sandbox. It can only reach the files you drag to it and the folders you choose yourself, so actions like Move, Duplicate to Folder and Compress to ZIP need a destination folder that you pick.
Can I undo a flow?
Yes. Open the Dropmatic menu and choose Undo to reverse the last flow: new names, moves, conversions and files moved to the Trash. Rotations are not undone, and copies and ZIP files stay where they are – you can delete them yourself.
What happens if a file with the same name already exists?
Nothing is overwritten. Dropmatic adds a number to the new name, for example photo-2.jpg.
Which placeholders can I use when renaming?
{original} is the current name, {date} is today's date, like 2026-11-02, and {counter} is a number (01, 02, 03…). When renaming by the date a photo was taken, you can also use {time} and {datetime}. Files without a date in their EXIF data are left as they are.
Which image formats can I convert?
PNG and JPG, in both directions. You can also resize, choose the JPG quality, keep the original and strip metadata such as location.
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