Downloads that clean up
after themselves.
Every download gets an expiry. Pick 30 minutes, a day, or keep it, right from the notch. When time is up, TempCat moves the file to the Trash.
Download for macOS
Every download gets an expiry. Pick 30 minutes, a day, or keep it, right from the notch. When time is up, TempCat moves the file to the Trash.
Download for macOSHow it works
Stop hoarding installers, screenshots and one-time PDFs. Decide once, at download time, and forget about it.
From Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Arc, AirDrop, Mail, anywhere. TempCat notices the moment a file finishes landing in Downloads.
The notch opens with the file and a timeline: 30 minutes, an hour, a day, ten days. Hit Done, or Keep it for things that matter.
When the time comes, the file goes to the Trash and the notch tells you. Rename it, sleep the Mac, quit the app: it still happens.
Your call, every time
A timeline, not a form. The exact deletion time shows above the stop you pick, so there's never a surprise.
Features
No Dock icon, no menu bar clutter. Hover the notch when you want to see what's pending and what's expiring.
The prompt grows out of the hardware notch and folds back into it. On Macs without a notch, a small pill does the same job.
The closed notch shows how many files are scheduled, and counts down the last ten seconds before one is trashed.
TempCat tracks the file itself, not its name. Rename it, keep it in a subfolder: it's still trashed on time. Move it out of Downloads and it's left alone.
Overdue files are trashed within seconds of waking up or launching. The expiry is stored on the file, so even a lost database recovers.
Images, PDFs, archives, installers, code: each type gets its own glyph and color, so a glance is enough.
Turn on the "Temporary" Finder tag and every expiring file is visibly marked in Finder until you decide to keep it.
Never ask about .dmg or .pkg? Add extensions to the ignore list. Prefer a quiet notch? Switch to hover-only mode.
Real Swift, real AppKit. It watches one folder with the system's file events and does nothing else in the background.
One purchase covers every Mac you own — desktop and laptop, home and work. Pay once, no subscription, ever.
Your downloads are your business. TempCat only ever looks at one folder, and never phones home about it.
Pricing
No subscription. Your license key arrives by email right after checkout.
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Coming soonFAQ
No. Nothing happens to a file until you pick a time for it. Ignore the prompt and the file simply stays; after a grace period you set (5 minutes by default) TempCat applies your default choice, which is "Keep it" unless you change it. Files that were already in Downloads before you installed TempCat are never touched.
Rename it, or move it into a subfolder of Downloads, and it is still trashed on time. Move it anywhere outside Downloads and TempCat lets go of it: it counts as kept.
By default files go to the Trash, so you can pull one back until you empty it. If you prefer, Settings has a permanent-delete option.
All of yours. One license covers every Mac you personally own — activate and deactivate machines yourself, no emails to support needed.
Instead of a trial we offer a straightforward 7-day money-back guarantee. Buy it, use it for real, and if it's not for you, get a full refund — no questions asked.
No. TempCat talks to the network only for license activation and update checks, never about your files. Details in the privacy policy.
Yes. On Macs without a notch, and on external displays, TempCat shows a small pill at the top center of the screen that behaves exactly the same way.
macOS 14 Sonoma and later, on both Apple silicon and Intel Macs.