This makes Hazel much more powerful than I thought! It's a 'dropzone' for automation!
@idlersdream8265 жыл бұрын
I've been using Hazel for a few years now, it's great! The main tasks are, 1. Monitor my Downloads folder for my PDF Bank Statements - Hazel can scan inside the PDF to pick up the Account Number & Date, then rename it from that Date and file it away to correct folder/subfolder. 2. Organise my Photos from Dropbox - Dropbox already renames my uploaded photos with Date/Time taken. Hazel monitors the Camera Uploads folder, then moves the files to my Main Photos folder and sorts them into Year/Month Sub-folders. Photo management is now fully automated 😎. The other options also available is monitoring of the Trash folder to keep it clean and App Sweep which can offer to uninstall applications and all their support files.
@dottotech5 жыл бұрын
Great examples! Thanks for sharing.
@stephenmason85665 жыл бұрын
I do exactly the same with filejuggler for my bank statements. I like your photo management idea, looks great.
@andyg98725 жыл бұрын
I use Hazel for paperless office sorting of bills etc. I think one of its most powerful features is to be able to read inside native PDFs so it can auto-sort your downloaded bills into folders without renaming them. Love this program and thanks , I got a few new ideas from this video!
@dan-d-lyon5 жыл бұрын
Such a great idea! This sounds like a fantastic tool for addressing daily, repetitive tasks. I bet you could get really creative with it, too.
@nosredna25 жыл бұрын
I've been using Hazel for years. I don't process a lot of folders, but it's worth every bit of the money just for App Sweep. When enabled (in its Trash tab), when you throw an application away, it offers to also throw away the application's support files (deep in your system's library folders, etc.).
@rahalawa5 жыл бұрын
I use Hazel. I made a folder called “Move to Evernote” ... when I add any file to it, it will make a new note on Evernote and drop that file in it, and then it moves the file to trash 😉
@dottotech5 жыл бұрын
Perfect!
@redastair5 жыл бұрын
Nice! Windows has an Evernote import folder but nothing comparable for Mac. I have a licence for Hazel but always end up doing nothing with it. This sounds a great option. Thanks!
@edoneal94053 жыл бұрын
Rami, is that still working for you? I have a similar folder that has worked well for me for a long time. In the last week or so, the script fails (syntax error). Can you post the script that you're using?
@NightLinks5 жыл бұрын
My favorite kind of videos I like to watch. It felt like I was watching dotto's data cafe Thank You!
@stephenmason85665 жыл бұрын
I bought Filejuggler a couple of weeks ago. Love it, still getting to grips with what it can do. Thanks for the video Steve
@DboyHamburg5 жыл бұрын
Keyboard Maestro (version 9) is also a great tool
@DannyVega12 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the review. Looks useful 🙏
@thatspiritualhumane5 жыл бұрын
Very educational video, thanks Steve !
@muhammadraza72312 жыл бұрын
My Favourite tools is Alfred and keyboard maestro
@anetrom5 жыл бұрын
I like autohotkey. You can do pretty much anything you want to do
@landonpraught59585 жыл бұрын
Than you Steve Great video I have been thinkng about this for a while
@KadrianThomas5 жыл бұрын
Great video!! Thank you Steve
@luisenriquecisnerosloeza99095 жыл бұрын
For Windows, I like WinAutomation.
@caroleanndavis82555 жыл бұрын
I love this! I want to incorporate it into my work process for sure!
@dottotech5 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it, I am sure it will save you time!
@lucasandoliver5 жыл бұрын
I’d expand on that rule. As you’ve backed up the file - why not send it to Trash as well? Or have a separate rule, for that folder that sends files >1 or 2 days old to Trash. Then I have a rule, that watches my Trash folder and deletes anything >30 days old. Should be plenty of time to recover the file of there’s a disaster.
@dottotech5 жыл бұрын
Great suggestion
@55Ramius5 жыл бұрын
You said you drag it to Dropbox. I thought you switched to Sync to be safer to store. Just wondered.. : )
@vikashsamaga4 жыл бұрын
Can't this be accomplished with Windows Task Scheduler?
@VSBHD5 жыл бұрын
I love you so much 😘
@EdThompson5 жыл бұрын
Do you use Alfred?
@dottotech5 жыл бұрын
No. But I’ve heard good things about it
@alkulthumoto6547 Жыл бұрын
How much to write two lines of code, archive and to copy. ZERO. you can write that code, just google.
@WmLatin5 жыл бұрын
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