Things to know about Hazel 3.1

If you don’t follow the Twitter feed or forums, then you may not know that Hazel 3.1 is currently in beta and will be released soon(ish). Normally, I’d just announce it when released but this time around there are a few things you should know in preparation.

It will require OS X 10.7 (Lion)

I announced this in the forums last fall. It was a hard decision to make but given the data, it made sense to drop 10.6 support. Note that Hazel 3.0.18 will still continue to run on 10.6.

It will be a free upgrade

Being a non-major release, this update will be free to version 3 license holders.

When 3.1 is released, Hazel’s price will go up

Final price has yet to be determined. If you are considering buying Hazel, you should do so before 3.1 ships as you’ll get it at the lower price now with a free upgrade to 3.1 later.

And about Mavericks…

Apple just announced and seeded it to developers so, Hazel 3.1 won’t have specific support for it. As with every other OS release, I will be adding support for Mavericks in a future release. I usually don’t try and do compatibility fixes this early on since many of the issues end up being on Apple’s end so I like to wait until the seeds stabilize a bit before hunkering down.

And as for that tagging thing, I’m just as excited about it as you are so, trust me, I’m looking into it.