"move to folder" rules, when changing hdd

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"move to folder" rules, when changing hdd Mon Mar 28, 2022 11:49 am • by Dario
Hi there,
this probably came up before, but I don't know how to word it, so I would find it in the Forum. And there might not be a easy solution, but there is hope.

First the Question: If I have a lot of rules, that result in moving a file to a certain folder. Is there a way to "bulk" change the HDD, on wich those Folders are? (Move to folder XYZ is the rule...but as the rule was made, XYZ was on HDD123, now the whole archive moved to HDD456).


Why I'm wondering: I'm using hazel to sort media files from a folder (i'm using it as a inbox), in to a folder structure, multiple levels deep (kind of media/is part of/title of a series/ or something like that...different folders with different subfolders with different subfolders, and so on).

I do this sorting the media files from one big inbox to inboxes for certain subfolders (just to split it up a little...in the start I did it all out of the big Inbox wich worked just as fine), and from there in to the subfolders the files actually need to be (all files of a certain series into a folder with that title for example). I'm so far only use certain "keywords" that are in the titles of the files to give Hazel the reason to move them.

There might be better ways, as it is a little bit of work to actually set it up, but it works well. Until there is a move...


If it isn't possible: Is there a better way to do what I'm trying to do in the first place, if possible without the need to change 100s of rules to a other "move to" folder, when changing the home of the archive/mediathek/
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Check out the relocate folder function. You can find it in the pop-up where you specify a folder destination of a Move/Copy action. The manual has more details.
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Re: "move to folder" rules, when changing hdd Tue Mar 29, 2022 4:06 pm • by Dario
Thanks, I did see that...but until now, did not get the idea, to make a placeholder rule just for the sake of making the action (not matching anything real) to move to the top folder from the old HDD, so I could change that with the "this folder and all of its subfolders" Option to the top folder from the new one (without that placeholder the "relocate folder" option in any actual rule did't get me further than just choosing the new folder as there are no subfolders of that folders).
That might does the trick.
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