Finding and acting on invisible files

[leftnotracks]

In the earlier version of Hazel I had an action that scanned a folder for invisible files, then copied them. Another rule ran on the target folder and processed the copied files. Now that I have upgraded to version 5 the action is not working. When I click the Eye icon to preview the rule the files all pass, but still the files are not copied.

How do I get Hazel to operate on invisible files?

[Mr_Noodle]

Please go through the whole troubleshooting guide here: https://www.noodlesoft.com/kb/hazel-tro ... ing-guide/

Report back with the results.

[leftnotracks]

Rule Preview
Selected files check all the boxes.

View the Rule Status window
The Rule Status window is blank. I guess this window doesn’t show invisible files. Command-Shift-. doesn’t toggle file visibility in this window.

Check the logs
Files are skipped because they are invisible. This only shows if I enable Debug Mode.
2020-12-15 09:11:02.552 hazelworker[3504] DEBUG: .XXXXX.XXX: File is hidden/invisible. Skipping.
2020-12-15 09:11:02.552 hazelworker[3504] DEBUG: .XXXXX.XXX: File is hidden/invisible. Skipping.
2020-12-15 09:11:02.552 hazelworker[3504] DEBUG: .XXXXX.XXX: File is hidden/invisible. Skipping.
2020-12-15 09:11:02.552 hazelworker[3504] DEBUG: .XXXXX.XXX: File is hidden/invisible. Skipping.
2020-12-15 09:11:02.552 hazelworker[3504] DEBUG: .XXXXX.XXX: File is hidden/invisible. Skipping.
2020-12-15 09:11:02.553 hazelworker[3504] DEBUG: .XXXXX.XXX: File is hidden/invisible. Skipping.
2020-12-15 09:11:02.553 hazelworker[3504] DEBUG: .XXXXX.XXX: File is hidden/invisible. Skipping.
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One additional note, which may be helpful: the folder is also invisible. Again, this works using Hazel 4.X in Catalina. I am running Hazel 5.03 in Big Sur.

[Mr_Noodle]

Did you set the hidden default to handle invisible files?

[leftnotracks]

Probably not. How do I do that?

[Mr_Noodle]

Check out this thread (under the Tips & Tricks forum): viewtopic.php?f=3&t=415