Hoolo documentation

Set up Hoolo, build understandable rules, preview every change, and keep cleanup reversible.

Hoolo is a native macOS file organization app for folders that never stay tidy for long. It watches the locations you choose, evaluates editable rules, and keeps the result visible before and after files change.

Start here

1. Complete the first-use path and grant only the permissions needed for your folders.
2. Create one narrow rule and read its natural-language summary.
3. Run a Dry Run before enabling background automation.
4. Keep the result reversible with history and snapshots.

What Hoolo covers

• Rules: conditions, nested groups, exclusions, multiple actions, ordering, and stop-or-continue behavior.
• Safety: Dry Run previews, per-file match explanations, project protection, operation history, snapshots, and rollback.
• Automation: real-time monitoring, menu bar shortcuts, and scheduled Dry Run reports.
• Maintenance: Trash policies, app support-file review, empty-folder cleanup, oversized-item handling, and automatic ejection of mounted installer images.
• Sync: optional rule and global-exclusion sync through your own iCloud Drive.

The operating principle

Hoolo favors a missed cleanup over an incorrect destructive action. Review ambiguous results, keep project protection enabled where appropriate, and treat Dry Run as the normal first step—not as an emergency tool.