Total Newbie Needs Help

Hi,

I'm trying to get into automating a lot that I do on my mac and so I've decided to start with Hazel because I've heard such great things. I've read and toyed with a set of rules to get my music moved into certain folders and I have no idea why it's not working. I did get a rule set going that opens certain programs once the file is moved (amazingly enough considering my skill) but the moving the file part I'm totally lost on. If anyone is willing to help I'd greatly appreciate it.

My goal:
Downloaded a folder with flac files to my "downloads" folder.
I would like Hazel to copy (not move) the flac files over to a "to convert" folder. *also sometimes there flac files are buried a folder or two deeper*
I'd like it to do it only once per file too and not keep running the script on the flac where it remains.

I already have a rule that uses XLD to convert the files right away and that works. Maybe the first part is too intricate.

Any help would be amazing, thank you.

To get at files in subfolders, you need to add a rule to tell Hazel to do so. See the sticky article at the top of this forum on how to do that.

Then you need to add a rule to process the flac files themselves. You can use a condition like "Date added is after date last matched" to make sure it only happens when the file is first added and not after that.

I definitely appreciate it. I tried reading that sub folder sticky but am gonna give it a another shot. Thank you again.

Alright! Figured out the sticky. I didn't understand before that each rule in a folder can jump to another rule I thought it had to be isolated into each script. Thank you for your help and I'm excited that I'm finally getting this stuff.