Sort files into subfolders

Move the .sh file into the folder containing the files to be sorted. Navigate to the folder using Terminal.

Sort by date created

Run shell script:

sh sort-by-created.sh

Or directly in Terminal:

for f in *; do
    dir=$(stat -f%SB -t%Y-%m-%d "$f")
    echo $f '->' $dir
    [ -d "$dir" ] || mkdir "$dir"
    mv "$f" "$dir"/
done

Sort by date modified

Run shell script:

sh sort-by-modified.sh

Or directly in Terminal:

for f in *; do
    dir=$(stat -f%Sm -t%Y-%m-%d "$f")
    echo $f '->' $dir
    [ -d "$dir" ] || mkdir "$dir"
    mv "$f" "$dir"/
done

Sort by content created (EXIF metadata)

Install exiftool

Run shell script:

sh sort-by-exif.sh

Or directly in Terminal:

exiftool -d %Y-%m-%d "-directory<datetimeoriginal" $PWD