Folder Stewardby My First Home Inc.

Folder Steward for macOS

All your files.
Organized for life.

A private, local-first way to organize everyday documents while keeping your real Finder folders as the source of truth.

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Designed for macOS 14 and later · Coming to the Mac App Store

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Real EstateUtilities
VehiclesInsurance
WorkTax documents
On-device processing Ordinary Finder folders Non-destructive safeguards

A calmer file system

Useful structure without giving up control.

Folder Steward helps with the repetitive work, then lets you approve what happens.

Your folders stay yours

Organize an ordinary Finder folder tree. Folder Steward never locks your documents inside a proprietary library.

Find words inside documents

Search filenames and locally extracted text within the folder or subfolder you choose.

Helpful filing suggestions

Get editable folder and filename suggestions based on document content and the way you organize similar files.

Review, move, and undo

Preview exact destinations before reorganizing. Recent file moves remain available for safe one-step undo.

Back up where you choose

Create and verify a normal Finder backup or protect the backup copy with a password.

Private by design

OCR, search, and suggestions run on your Mac. There are no accounts, advertising, analytics, or cloud AI.

Private by design

Your document contents stay on your Mac.

Folder Steward does not require an account and does not include tracking, advertising, telemetry, third-party analytics, or network access. You decide which folders it can use and where backups are saved.

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Support for Folder Steward

Find setup instructions, answers to common questions, and troubleshooting guidance.

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