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For fear I'm overthinking this again, is there a de facto method for moving folders that have contents that match a criteria?

An example would be a folder that was created by unzipping an application. The folder might contain an application, documents, a `src` folder, etc. If such a folder, for example, contains an Application kind or .app extension, I would want the entire folder moved into another folder called "macos".

How would you go about doing this yourself?

Look up "nested conditions" in the manual.

Thank you. It appears that the manual to which you refer is found at:
https://www.noodlesoft.com/manual/hazel

It also appears to be available through the menubar: "Help" → "Hazel Help" - however, please note, the Search function in Apple Help does not actually find "nested" if searched:


The information is under "Advanced Topics" → "Using Nested Conditions":
https://www.noodlesoft.com/manual/hazel ... onditions/

It appears, for example, to move any macOS apps and/or folders containing macOS apps, the following rules work:


Another scenario might be since I download Linux ISOs and Windows ISOs (from Microsoft via a virtual machine with a shared Downloads folder with macOS (and usually name them with "win_<DATE>.iso")) somewhat frequently, I want to segregate those. Therefore any Windows apps or isos, the following rules should move them into "Downloads/windows":


And then a catch all following to dump into "Downloads/isos":


(the above screenshots are being soft-truncated by the forum layout if one wonders why the right side is being cut off)

Hopefully this makes sense and is proper...

Thanks for the screens. Looks fine to me. If you run into problems, see the troubleshooting post at the top.