Looking for some advice.
I had a HUGE aperture library. I exported each and every project to iPhoto. This left me with:
A long list of folders named per my project names and appended with .approject.
I have 1Problem.approject through about 200Problems.approject
I wish to extract all the photos from 1Problem.approject's multiple nests and general folder destruction, move them to a folder inside 1Problem.approject called '1Problem DeNested'. This is so I can manage photos manually (like i should have done years ago) instead of relying on an application.
I can do the first part very easily with Hazel. I tell hazel 'Kind is folder. Run rules on folder contents'. then 'find anything containing 'JPG' or 'NEF'.
It finds all my photos and puts them where i specify. In this case, a new folder called '1Problem DeNested'.
Here's the rub. I wrote the rule for the first folder. When I copy the rule, obviously, the original destination folder is in the 'new' folder's rule list. I drag the rule to '2Problem.approject' but the destination folder is still '1Problem DeNested'. No problem.
I change that folder location so the photos will go to the proper place. '2Problem DeNested'.
I hit run rules. The rules error out, and hazel is still trying to move the photos to '1Problem DeNested'. Seems like no matter how many times I edit the line, delete the line, or re-create the rule, something is always resetting the rule to point to that original rules folder location.
Ideas?