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Desktop Teleporter Keeps Your Desktop Clean
Posted by Adam Pash at 6:50 AM on May 23, 2008
Windows only: Donationware application Desktop Teleporter automatically moves files and folders from your desktop to user-defined folders to keep your desktop clean and neat. Desktop Teleporter is serious about keeping your desktop clean, moving any file that you don't add to the exclude list. If you want more advanced options and support beyond the desktop, check out Lifehacker's very own Belvedere. If all you want is a clean desktop and don't need more advanced options, Desktop Teleporter looks like a winner.
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callum ginty
Posted May 25, 2008 2:28 PM
Why cant I just use my mouse to move things around?
Darkenigma75
Posted 5:49 PM 26/5/08
@infmom: That's pretty good advice if I do say so myself. Simple, and to the point.
Darkenigma75
muteboy
Posted 6:28 PM 24/5/08
@infmom: Well, obviously, but with these tools it make it simple just to dump them there without having to think about it. Simpler, quicker, less to think about.
muteboy
infmom
Posted 5:15 AM 24/5/08
Don't save stuff to the desktop to begin with and you won't need extra software (or time) to clean up after yourself.
infmom
Wirelessonetwo
Posted 1:02 AM 24/5/08
For windows there is ClutterKiller. Much more polished then this. Not sure about Linux, but I think Clutterkiller might also be available for Mac
Wirelessonetwo
muteboy
Posted 7:48 PM 23/5/08
Is there an equivalent for Linux users? I use Xandros/KDE and Ubuntu/Gnome distros.
muteboy
JessicaMelanthus
Posted 6:12 PM 23/5/08
There is a much more polished program called ClutterKiller that cleans and organizes your desktop, and has some other cool functions like an isolator, that blacks out wallpaper, other windows and icons. Check it out at www.DataGoRound.com/ClutterKiller
JessicaMelanthus
Dominik Reinmund
Posted 4:51 PM 23/5/08
For Mac users, Hazel is an excellent tool to do the same.
Dominik Reinmund
what the Ph15h?
Posted 4:41 PM 23/5/08
@jeromy: Yeah, Downloads is more crowded than the Desktop. Whereas the Desktop was the drop spot of the older OS's I've dropped everything and downloaded everythign into downloads.
Differentiating from Renders and Personal Pictures is nice...
what the Ph15h?
smithereensblog
Posted 12:21 PM 23/5/08
For Mac users, this can be done fairly easily with Automator. (Or Applescript, but I'm not a coder...) I have a pretty nifty Workflow that sorts all my Desktop items into the proper folders once a week using iCal. If you have any questions, drop me a line here or on my blog.
Cheers,
Daniel
smithereensblog
jeromy
Posted 11:19 AM 23/5/08
@what the Ph15h?: I second that. Belvedere is always running. I use it to organize my downloads. :)
jeromy
leonardodamian
Posted 9:24 AM 23/5/08
I love Belvedere but I would really like to have the ability to say something like "delete the files in the Recycle Bin that are two weeks old" so i could still have the files in there but when they are too old, it's good bye for them.
leonardodamian
Adam Pash
Posted 7:20 AM 23/5/08
"Belvedere is works just fine for me"
@what the Ph15h?: Well I'm glad to hear it! :)
Adam Pash
what the Ph15h?
Posted 6:29 AM 23/5/08
Belvedere is works just fine for me... I hide my desktop anyway so I don't need something so specific. lol.
what the Ph15h?