Purrify
How it works

The details, for the curious.

Everything the notch does on its own, when it stays out of the way, and what’s in Settings. The short version is on the home page.

Notch behaviour

When the notch opens, and when it stays out of the way

The full panel opens only when you ask for it. On its own, Purrify shows at most a short peek or a change in the pill. You can try each one in the demo on the home page.

TriggerWhat showsLevelCloses when
You start it
Hover the notch
Full panel: "Leaving soon", totals by rule, Keep on every row
A 150 ms delay, so moving the pointer past the notch doesn't open it
Open
Pointer leaves
Click, or ⌃⌥P
Full panel, from anywhere
Open
Esc, or click outside
Drag a file onto the notch
Two drop zones: Keep forever and Remove in 1 hour
Works for files from any folder
Open
Drop, or drag away
Purrify starts it
New file in a watched folder
Peek card: thumbnail, the rule that matched, a time picker, and Keep
Peek
After 4 s. The file stays in the pill count.
Several new files at once
One card: "5 new screenshots", stacked thumbnails, "Keep all"
Peek
After 4 s
Sweep finished
Toast: "Moved 3 screenshots to quarantine", with Undo
Peek
After a few seconds. Restore still works from History.
A file is 10 minutes from leaving
The pill turns orange and counts down. The panel doesn't open.
Pill
File moved or kept
Files pending
The pill extends from the notch: logo on the left, count on the right. With nothing pending, the notch looks normal.
Pill
Count reaches 0

Always quiet when

An app is full screenNo peeks, and the pill hides. Changes wait for your next hover.
You're presentingWith a mirrored display, nothing peeks, so file names don't end up on the projector.
You're typingPeeks wait until you pause.
Too many peeks alreadyAt most one peek every 2 minutes. Everything after that goes into the pill.
Your Mac has no notchSame behaviour, from a small tab centred under the menu bar.
Settings

Rules read like sentences

Screenshots and screen recordings leave after 15 minutes by default, and quarantined files are kept for 7 days. Installers, archives and old downloads have rules too; turn on the ones you want.

Overview

Overview

6.4 GBFreed in September
412Files removed
3Restored

Check folders every 5 minutes. Keep quarantined files for 7 days, then delete them.

~/Library/Application Support/Purrify/Quarantine

Empty the Finder Trash after each sweep

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