Archive Integrity
Validate before organizing.
Identify and separate unreadable or damaged media before building a structured archive.
MediaOrganizer
The Complete Media Processing Workflow for macOS.
Process the archive you have. Keep it organized as it grows.
One workflow for the archive you have — and the media you add tomorrow.
Bring together photos and videos from folders, Apple Photos libraries, cameras, phones, recovered disks, backups, scans, and other media sources.
MediaOrganizer helps you check your media, restore missing information, and organize everything into a clear, consistent archive. Use the same workflow again whenever new media arrives, so your archive stays organized as it grows.
Works with folders and Photos libraries
Local processing on macOS
Your media stays on your Mac
No subscription
Free updates
Built from a real archive
Created while processing 363,575 real media files.
MediaOrganizer grew from a personal project to consolidate and organize more than 25 years of family photos and videos distributed across Apple Photos libraries, folders, backups, cameras, phones, and scanned collections. The workflow was refined against the problems found in that archive.
363,575 media files processed
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2.1 TB organized output
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25+ years archive history
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10 Photos libraries
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8,861+ folders analyzed
Get the highlights.
Start with the photos and videos you already have. Then use the same workflow whenever new media arrives, so your archive stays organized over time.
Source & Preview
Drag. Drop. Organize.
Drop any folder or Photos Library to preview and structure your media before processing.
Large Libraries
Process media at any scale.
Process new batches or large historical archives with live progress, clear logs, and instant cancel.
Missing Metadata
Bring places back.
Restore missing location information using nearby photos from the same period.
Scanned & Old Photos
Put your memories back in context.
Add the places and dates you remember to old or scanned photos, so MediaOrganizer can put them where they belong in your archive.
New in MediaOrganizer 3.0
Some memories need your help to find their place.
Scanned photos often come from a time before cameras recorded locations and reliable dates. Once scanned, the file may know when it was digitized — but not when the photo was taken or where that moment happened.
You may know what the file cannot know. Or someone in your family may remember. A parent, sibling, child, or relative may recognize the place, the event, or the approximate date behind an old photograph.
Add Location lets you bring that knowledge back to the photo. Add the place you remember and, when you know it, the event date. MediaOrganizer can then use that information to place the photo where it belongs in your organized archive.
Scanned photos
Family memories
Places you remember
Dates you remember
Old photo collections
Fully local on your Mac
Workflow Overview
Media Processing Workflow
Bring your photos and videos together, check that they are usable, restore missing places or dates when needed, and organize everything into a clear structure you can keep over time. Use the same workflow again whenever new media arrives.
Why MediaOrganizer
One workflow for processing and maintaining your media archive.
Organize the collection you already have, then come back whenever new photos, videos, scans, or imported libraries arrive. MediaOrganizer gives you one repeatable way to keep everything structured, reviewable, and under your control.
Keep your archive organized as it grows
Process new photos, videos, trips, family events, imported libraries, recovered disks, and scanned collections through the same repeatable workflow you used to build the archive.
See what will happen before you start
Review your media and the proposed changes before processing a large collection.
Keep difficult cases reviewable
Invalid media, duplicates, unresolved locations, and other exceptions are separated instead of silently discarded.
Keep the archive under your control
Processing remains local, outcomes are logged, and the organized files stay portable across Finder, Apple Photos, Lightroom, DAM systems, backup, and future migrations.
One-time purchase. No subscription. Free updates.
Engineering Principles
Designed for long-term archive control.
MediaOrganizer was designed around a small set of engineering principles that guide every stage of the media processing workflow.
Privacy by Design
Your photos and videos remain on your Mac. MediaOrganizer does not upload media, require an account, collect analytics, or include tracking SDKs.
Local-first Processing
Your media is processed directly on your Mac. Analysis, metadata changes, and organization happen locally instead of sending your collection to a cloud service.
Deterministic Processing
Results are produced through explicit technical rules. The same archive conditions lead to the same processing decisions.
Validation Before Transformation
Before organizing a large collection, MediaOrganizer can identify files that may be damaged, unreadable, or require attention. Problems are separated before the rest of the archive is processed.
Archive Sovereignty
Your archive remains independent, portable, and under your control. MediaOrganizer organizes your files without locking your collection into a proprietary library or cloud service.
Non-Destructive Processing
MediaOrganizer does not automatically delete files. Duplicates, unresolved media, and files requiring review are separated so that the final decision remains with the user.
Built for clarity. Trusted by design.
MediaOrganizer helps you turn photos and videos collected over years into an archive that is easier to understand, browse, and preserve. Missing information can be restored, difficult cases remain available for review, and the resulting structure stays clear as your collection grows.
Stay in control at every step.
Whether you are working with a new folder or years of photos and videos, you can review what MediaOrganizer finds and what it plans to do before processing begins.
- Choose a folder or
.photoslibrarypackage as your file source. - See your media and proposed changes before anything is processed.
- Process large collections with clear progress and the ability to cancel at any time.
- Keep detailed logs of what was processed and where your files went.
The same workflow can help organize a family photo collection, maintain a growing archive, or prepare media for professional tools.
Who is it for?
For personal and family archives
Bring together years of photos and videos from phones, cameras, old computers, backups, and scanned collections. Organize the memories you already have and keep the archive growing in the same structure as new ones are added.
For professional workflows
Prepare large or mixed media collections before bringing them into Photo Mechanic, Lightroom, Capture One, Final Cut, or another cataloging workflow. Normalize dates and metadata, resolve location information, and create a predictable file structure for ingest. Learn more →
Fast
Process thousands of photos and videos while following progress as it happens. Large collections remain manageable, and you can stop processing whenever you need to.
Local
MediaOrganizer works directly with folders and .photoslibrary
packages as file sources. Processing and metadata changes happen locally
on your Mac, with your media remaining under your control.
Private
No accounts, no analytics, no tracking SDKs. The only information that leaves your Mac is the coordinates sent to OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim service for geocoding, and the country, location, and postal code sent to Apple Maps when using Add Location. Nothing else leaves your computer.
Safe by default — you preview, test, and control every step before making changes.
Common use cases
- Bring together photos and videos scattered across Apple Photos libraries, folders, cameras, phones, backups, and external drives.
- Turn overlapping collections and years of accumulated media into one organized archive, while keeping duplicates and uncertain cases available for review.
- Find photos or videos that may be damaged, incomplete, or unreadable before they become part of your organized archive.
- Organize photos and videos whose dates, filenames, or other information have become inconsistent after years of copying, importing, and moving between devices.
- Restore missing places from nearby photos, or add the places and dates you remember to old and scanned photos.
- Keep using the same workflow for new trips, family events, imported libraries, scanned collections, and other media you add over time.
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