Hazel won't open file with application

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Hazel won't open file with application Tue Mar 28, 2017 3:19 am • by chrisburton
I'm quite new to Hazel so perhaps I'm doing something wrong. Basically I'm trying to get Hazel to open an application with a file however, it's not working.

Here is a screenshot of my rule: http://cl.ly/1P1v3C193N2f


Could anyone lend a hand?
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Re: Hazel won't open file with application Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:25 am • by Mr_Noodle
What is not working and what do you expect to happen in this case? Normally when you open a file in Handbrake, it just loads it up but doesn't do much else.
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So my rules go as follow:

1. When a file enters the Movies Folder, add tags "Movie".
2. Open file with application Handbrake.

Step 1 works great but literally nothing happens for step 2. It's as if I didn't create the rule. What I expect to happen is for Handbrake to open with the file. The rest I can do manually.
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Re: Hazel won't open file with application Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:41 am • by Mr_Noodle
Select the file in Finder, right-click it and try and open it in Handbrake there. Does that do anything?
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Mr_Noodle wrote:Select the file in Finder, right-click it and try and open it in Handbrake there. Does that do anything?


Yes. It opens the file in Handbrake just as it should.
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Re: Hazel won't open file with application Thu Mar 30, 2017 10:56 am • by Mr_Noodle
It works here on my end. Have you checked the logs? If so, post any errors you find.
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