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When downloading from Firefox on MacOS, I would like the filename to be prefixed by the ISO-date (YYYY-MM-DD-original-filename.extension). This can be achieved with a folder action in the downloads folder, but I want it to be in all folders, so a folder action is not an ideal solution.
If possible I'd like all new files to have the prefix, regardless of the creating app.
Is this possible?
If you don't mind using the terminal you could try this:
find . -type f -exec ls -lth {} +
This will list files from current directory and all directories below, sorted by modified date. A variant not listing modification date would be:
find . -type f -exec ls -t {} +
But I believe that it would be better to just list the files that have changed the last 1440 minutes
find . -mmin -1440
Finder > Preferences > Advanced > Keep folders on top when sorting by name
Before macOS 10.12 Sierra, this wasn't an option.
Before 10.12, Finder just didn't have a "group the folders" at the top/bottom. There are legions of Mac users that put all sorts of characters in their folder names so that they sort above or below when sorted by name.
There are all sorts of hacky ways to manipulate the "kind" strings internally, but then everything is arranged by kind first, and secondarily alphabetically.
If this is a deal breaker - check out the many apps that run in place of the Finder. Here is a query to get you started:
Best Answer
My solution was to make an Automator workflow to run a shell script, and map it to a universal keyboard shortcut. This has been very useful to me, so here it is:
Open Automator and create new workflow.
Set workflow to receive text from any application, choose to replace the selected text and add Run Shell Script. Choose
/bin/bashandpass input to stdin. Paste the script and save.