The Big Mean Folder Machine 2.0 Beta 3 / 1.6.9

Split files into several folders:

• Based on a range of criteria: "100 files per folder", "1GB per folder", "one folder per first letter in the file name"
• On multiple levels: first by year, then by month, finally by file type, ...
• From several source folders or folder hierarchies at once.

Usage Scenarios:

• Splitting large file collections into 4Gb "chunks" for backup onto DVD.
• Splitting your photo collection into multi-level folder hierarchies by file type (e.g. JPEG and RAW file), by EXIF date, ...
• Splitting your overfull "Documents" folder into one subfolder per file type (e.g. all Word documents, all Excel, all PDF documents into separate folders).
• Merging several file collections into one.
• Preparing your deliverables before shipping them to your customers
• Restructuring your mp3 or acc collection
  

Major Features:

1. Easy-to-use "Assistant"-style user interface walks you through each decision
2. Industrial-strength 64-bit, database-backed, file moving and copying engine that easily deals with hundreds of thousands of files
3. full preview before anything is done
4. persistent settings & support for creating droplets to automate frequent tasks
5. customizable folder naming schemes based on a range of criteria
6. automatically resolves file name conflicts
7. EXIF time stamp reading support for JPEG, CRW, CR2, THM, NEF, digital camera TIFF, RAF, ORF, MRW, SRF, PEF and DNG
8. id3 music tags supported in ripped mp3, m4a, m4b or iTunes Music Store protected m4p

Enhancements: The new version fixes a number of minor issues, including the auto-update feature which was broken in the first (two?) beta(s).