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Do not need to have Hazel 5 app open all the time right?

PostPosted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 2:42 am
by PWitham
Hi all,

Just want to check. Since Hazel 4 was a preference pane and was always running, I'm assuming v5 does the same and I only need to open the app to edit rules, etc? It is always running a process in the background correct?

Thanks.

Re: Do not need to have Hazel 5 app open all the time right?

PostPosted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 11:56 am
by PWitham
Please ignore, after restarting the application it let me know that I don't have to keep it open :)

Re: Do not need to have Hazel 5 app open all the time right?

PostPosted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:28 am
by Robert Livingston
When I first start up my Mac the Hazel window opens. I can close it and things seem to work Ok. Is it expected and necessary that this window appears every time I start my Mac? If not, how do you get it not to show? How does the background app automatically start running when I open Hazel?

Re: Do not need to have Hazel 5 app open all the time right?

PostPosted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:43 am
by Mr_Noodle
Did you add the app to your login items? Or did you leave the app open when you shutdown/reboot?

The background app is managed internally by a process called launchd, which manages all the processes on the system.