jbrwilkinson wrote:I don’t see any way in Shortcuts to find files based on their contents - is there one? ‘Filter Files’ action only does date(s), size and name. I think Shortcuts is best for ‘in the moment’ tasks - chaining together some actions for one particular file/URL. When downloading bank statements/bills/credit card statements, I can Cmd-S to save the PDF to Downloads, but choosing some automation from the Share menu isn’t as easy.
The ability to run a number of rules upon anything I’ve dropped into the e.g. Downloads folder would be super. Again, really don’t mind if this has to be kicked off manually.
Yeah this is the biggest limitation for automation in Shortcuts on files, the inability to search/match file contents. I don’t foresee that being allowed in iOS anytime soon, so even a potential Hazel iOS wouldn’t likely have access to that data.
If iOS did allow that, then setting up workflows would probably make more sense than developing Hazel iOS, since Shortcuts can do a lot of what Hazel does.
I am not on iOS 14 yet, but it seems automations can at least be scheduled if not actively watch folders, so it’s a little closer to being feasible. But I lean heavily on Hazel’s file content matching for my main automations, and iOS itself prevents that from being possible, for the time being at least.