Browse and inspect files
All Files is your file browser. It shows everything Curator has indexed for the current storage source, in a layout that feels like Finder. From here you move through folders, upload new files, manage what you have, and open the metadata Curator has built for each file.
Navigate your files
Section titled “Navigate your files”Click a folder to open it. Use the path at the top to jump back up the tree. A toggle in the top corner switches between grid view (large tiles, good for images) and list view (compact rows, good for scanning names and dates).
Click a file once to select it. Click several files to select a batch. Selecting a file opens the metadata inspector on the right.
Add files
Section titled “Add files”You have two ways to bring files into the current source.
- Drag files from Finder and drop them anywhere on the All Files screen.
- Click the Upload button above the sidebar and pick files in the dialog.
New files land in the current storage source and are picked up for processing. Whether Curator processes them right away depends on your Process on upload setting. See Processing and jobs.
Manage a file
Section titled “Manage a file”Right-click a file to open its menu. Double-clicking a file does the same as Open.
| Item | What it does |
|---|---|
| Open | Opens the file in its default Mac app. |
| View Metadata | Opens the metadata inspector on the right. |
| Star / Remove star | Adds the file to, or removes it from, Starred. |
| Download | Saves a copy to your Mac. |
| Process | Runs the file through processing. |
| Edit attributes | Edit the file’s tags and attributes by hand. |
| Move to Trash | An in-app soft delete you can undo. See Trash, Starred, and Recent. |
When several files are selected, Star, Process, Edit attributes, and Move to Trash act on the whole selection and their labels show the count (for example Process 5 Selected Files). Open, View Metadata, and Download always act on the one file you clicked.
Right-clicking a folder gives a similar menu plus Folder color to tint it.
The metadata inspector
Section titled “The metadata inspector”Select a file to open the inspector. This panel holds what Curator knows about the file, most of it written by AI during processing.
| Field | What it means |
|---|---|
| AI description | A short summary of what the file contains, written during processing. |
| AI category | The bucket Curator sorted the file into. |
| AI file type | What kind of document this is, judged from its content rather than its extension. |
| Tags / attributes | Keywords and properties Curator pulled from the file. You can edit these. |
| Confidence | How sure Curator is about the values it generated. |
| Content hash | A fingerprint of the file’s content, used to detect duplicates and changes. |
| Content length | How much text Curator extracted. |
You can edit any field by hand. You can also regenerate the AI fields if the file changed or the first pass was off. Regenerating runs the file back through processing.
The storage meter
Section titled “The storage meter”At the bottom of the screen, a storage meter shows how much space is used and how much is free on the current source.