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FileBrowser Pro for Mac Custom Tasks

File Automation on Mac Using Custom Tasks

FileBrowser Pro Custom Tasks let you automate file management on Mac. Create powerful file automation workflows for backups, cleanup, and bulk actions across local, NAS, and cloud storage.

This guide explains how Custom Tasks work and how to build reusable file automation to speed up everyday workflows on macOS.

For example, a Custom Task can be applied to selected files to rename images from the last 30 days and copy them to another location. The step-by-step Custom Task builder lets you create workflows ranging from simple to highly complex.

What Files do you Want to Change?

  • The currently select files
  • The current folder
  • A preset folder

What do you Want to do with those Files?

Filter them by type, size or date to limit the changes you make.

Include just the files, the folders or include everything including subfolders.

Compare the contents of a folder to another folder

Move, Copy, Rename and Delete files.

PDFs: Merge Pdfs, Trim PDF pages and create PDFs from images

Images: Rotate, convert, scale and crop images in bulk.

Set image EXIF and IPTC properties in bulk

Create FileBrowser Pro for Mac Custom Tasks

Example Custom Tasks

See one of our example Custom Task examples.

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