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🔄 AutoMover — automatically moving notes

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When there are too many notes — chaos sets in, and with it — irritation and loss of focus.

The AutoMover plugin solves this problem.

✨ What does AutoMover do?

The plugin automatically moves notes into the right folders, by the rules you set.

For example:

  • All notes with idea in the title → into the /Business-Ideas folder

  • All files with book in the name → into /Knowledge/Books

  • PDF documents → into /Resources/PDF/

  • Photos and screenshots → into /Media/Photos/

🧩 How does it work?

AutoMover can work in two modes:

  1. Automatically on a timer (may not always fire reliably, depends on the Obsidian session)

  2. Manually via a command I use this method:

    • I press Ctrl + P → type AutoMover: Move files
    • Or I open the plugin settings and click the Move button
    • I usually run it once a week, but you can do it more often

🛠 How to set up the rules?

It all happens through the plugin settings — you create sorting conditions:

  • By file name (e.g.: contains, starts with, ends with)
  • By extension (e.g.: .pdf, .jpg)
  • By regular expressions (Regex)

🧠 Examples with Regex:

  • ^\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{4}$ ⤷ moves notes with a date in the title in the format 23-04-2025

  • .*project.* ⤷ everything related to projects

  • .*\.pdf$ ⤷ all PDF files

🧪 What’s it for?

  • Saves time on the routine
  • Helps keep the vault clean
  • Boosts focus — everything in its place

📌 Installation:

  1. Open Settings → Community plugins
  2. Enable plugins, then Browse
  3. Find “AutoMover” and install it
  4. Set up the rules in the “AutoMover” section

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