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322: Cleaning Up with Hazel

Mac Power Users

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Automating File Management Tasks with Hazel

This chapter discusses the basic functionality of Hazel, a Mac system preference pain that allows users to create rules to automate actions on watched folders. It explains how Hazel works, including the two-pane layout of folders and rules, and the concept of triggers and actions. It also touches on some basic use cases for Hazel, such as renaming files based on criteria inside the documents.

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