![]() Hazel tags the files that are on the Desktop Yellow -> Green when they are new, then no tag, then Orange -> Red as they are about to be moved off. Like adabbagh, things that have been there over a week unopened get moved, in my case to a folder OldDesktop and will sit in that folder about a month before ultimately being moved to the Trash. I treat my Desktop like a temporary folder. I do something very similar and this single thing makes Hazel invaluable for me. ~ App Sweep - Hazel will also remove associated preference files with apps that are placed into the trash. ~ Hazel will automatically empty the trash based on your preference. His pdf’s come to him OCRed, but you can add a rule to OCR a pdf first then sort. MacSparky talks about an action folder or inbox folder that sorts all of his scanned pdf’s into bills, clients, etc. The student folders are linked to shared Google folders. ~ I have a sort folder where a script examines the name of a file and moves it to a folder based on a student’s initials and the chapter number. ~ Some apps keep up to 10 backups - I reduce this to 3. ~ Various apps keep backups - I copy them into a folder in Dropbox to have a backup of backups. ~ Some people like to use Hazel to keep their Desktop clean. ~ Remove app shortcuts, put their sometimes when an app updates. ![]() ~ Turn file extensions on for images - I like seeing extensions in filenames. ~ Some people like to add colored labels to files that have been downloaded longer than 7 days or so.
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