Organize files on your Mac with ChatGPT
Ask ChatGPT or Claude to sort your Downloads or Desktop into folders, or to rename a batch of photos. BCD does the moving on your Mac, after showing you the plan.
One computer free, with 20,000 tool calls a month. No card required. Your AI app’s subscription is separate.
Before you start
Keep your Mac on and online, install and approve BCD, then connect it in your AI app. Your AI account must support custom MCP connections; its plan and workspace rules still apply. Setup instructions are in the dashboard.
Finish your first task
Choose one folder, such as Downloads, and tell the AI its name. Ask for a list of files and a proposed destination for each type.
Review the plan. Ask it to leave any folders or files you still need in place; enable write permission on that Mac when ready.
Ask it to carry out the agreed moves, then list the resulting folders and anything it could not move.
Check the result
Open the folder in Finder and check a few files in their new locations. Ask which files were skipped because a destination already existed. Do not include deletion in your first cleanup.
How it works
Create a free account and install BCD on your Mac by pasting one command into Terminal.
Click Approve in your browser to connect that Mac to your account.
Add BCD to ChatGPT or Claude as a connector, then ask in plain words.
Try asking
On my Mac, list the files in Downloads and propose subfolders by type. Show the plan before moving anything. Keep existing folders as they are and do not delete files.
Clean up my Desktop: put screenshots in Desktop/Screenshots and everything else in a folder named after this month. List what you will move first.
Rename the photos in ~/Pictures/Trip to YYYY-MM-DD_place.jpg using the date they were taken. Show me ten examples first.
Find installers (.dmg and .pkg) in Downloads that are more than a month old and list them with their sizes. Don’t delete anything.
What BCD does on your Mac
Looks first
Lists the folder and checks file sizes and dates, so the AI can propose a plan before anything moves.
Creates folders and moves files
Makes the folders it needs and moves or renames many files in one step. A move never overwrites a file that is already there.
Deletes only when you ask
Deleting is a separate step the AI uses only when you ask for it.
Safe by default
New computers start read-only: the AI can look but can’t change anything. Writing files and running commands only work after you turn them on for that Mac in your dashboard. There are no open ports: the Mac connects out to BCD.
Looking at folders works read-only. Moving and renaming need write permission on that Mac.
Questions
Can ChatGPT organize Downloads without uploading each file?
With BCD connected, ChatGPT or Claude can list and move files in an allowed folder on your Mac. You do not have to attach each file to the chat. File names and tool results are sent to the AI; file contents are sent when the AI reads them.
Why can’t the AI see my Mac?
Check that the Mac is awake and online in the BCD dashboard, and that BCD is connected in the AI app you are using. Allow the folder you want to work with. Reading needs read permission; moving or saving files also needs write permission.
Will it move files without asking?
Not unless write permission is on for that Mac. The prompts above ask for a plan first, so you can say yes or change it before anything moves.
Do my files get uploaded?
BCD doesn’t copy your folders anywhere. When the AI reads a file, that content passes through BCD’s relay in memory to reach your AI app, and BCD doesn’t store it. Your AI app handles it under its own policy.
Do I need a paid BCD plan?
One computer is free on BCD, with 20,000 tool calls a month; paid plans have unlimited tool calls. New accounts can also try Personal, for up to 3 computers, free for a month, with no card needed. Your AI app has separate plan and custom-connector requirements.
One computer free, with 20,000 tool calls a month. No card required. Your AI app’s subscription is separate.
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