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Hazel can pick up tags you’ve already created on your Mac, as well as create and replace existing tags if you want to type a tag’s name manually in Hazel. This is great if you want to process a bunch of files automatically and tag them instead of moving them into a folder. You can now create rules that check for tags in matched files and apply tags automatically.

One day, I will get around describing my paperless system (which I have tweaked and perfected over the past months), but, today, allow me to link to version 3.2 of the app, which adds support for tags in Mavericks. Hazel is the key element of my paperless workflow and several other automation scripts I run on my Mac, such as photo backups. I’ve been using Hazel for years and would call myself a power user, but I learned some new tricks from David in this guide. In almost 2.5 hours of video, David will walk you through Hazel, showing you everything from the basics to more advanced features using AppleScript.

#ITHOUGHTS TUTORIAL MAC#

If you can write Mail.app rules, you can automate your Mac with Hazel.īut what if you’ve never used Hazel and want to jump right in and learn the best of what it has to offer? That’s where David comes in. Hazel is easier than Folder Actions, and a lot more powerful too. You don’t need a lick of programming knowledge.” He’s right. That’s how great of a tool it is.Īs David says: “The thing I love about Hazel is the way it can turn mere mortals into automation gods. I bought it before I even downloaded the new version. Hazel is one of my favorite automation tools, and was recently updated to version 4. Mac Power Users co-host David Sparks has released his latest MacSparky publication:

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