Hazel for macOS: Version 6.0 recognizes texts and sorts back
Noodlesoft has revised the popular special tool for cleaning up folders and files. Version 6 offers a number of convenient features.
Icon of Hazel 6: Clean up, but pronto.
(Image: Noodlesoft)
A cluttered Mac desktop affects far too many users. But this is not necessary: If you are too lazy to clear away files manually, you can also use tools that handle this automatically. One of the most popular macOS apps for this job is Hazel, which is now available to download in version 6.0. Among other things, the update gives the file manager OCR capabilities for PDFs and images and makes it very easy to reset any sorting you have done.
Look inside files
The basic idea of Hazel is to automate the handling of files by default. To do this, you define suitable rules in the app. For example, you can sort downloaded movies directly into the movie folder, but also tag them, rename them and even sort them into subfolders. Dealing with the macOS trash can is also automated. For example, you can set it to be emptied automatically after a certain period of time. The app sweep function can also find and delete leftover files from deleted apps. Hazel (naturally) has Spotlight integration and can be controlled remotely using AppleScript and Automator. When the app does something, you receive notifications.
Hazel 6 now goes a little further than its predecessor. Content from files that were previously unreadable can now be deciphered using the integrated OCR (Optical Character Recognition) routine –, for example, if text is contained in images or a PDF does not yet contain any text, i.e. has not undergone OCR.
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Encrypted PDFs and new list attributes
Hazel can also open encrypted PDFs if the password is in the keychain. The new quick action "Revert" immediately resets changes to files that Hazel has made – including sorting. The matching engine has also been equipped with so-called Custom List Attributes, which simplify tagging. Hazel 6 is also compatible with macOS 15 alias Sequoia.
(Image:Â Noodlesoft)
Noodlesoft, the manufacturer of Hazel, charges 42 US dollars for a new purchase of the app. A family pack for five people in a household is available for 65 dollars. An upgrade from an older version such as Hazel 5 costs 20 dollars.
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