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I've created a rule that renames my photo files to "YYYY_MMDD - PM - HH.MM.SS - DEVICEMAKE_SEQ.ext".

Everything is working fine, but each time I run the job during my testing, it leaves the DEVICEMAKE portion blank. I've tried it using files from different camera makes and it does the same thing. I've checked the EXIF data on all testing files and the CANON or SONY label is there for the MAKE. These files have resulted in creating file names with the MAKE using other renaming software, so I know the data can be pulled from the file.

I feel like I'm missing a step here maybe?? Any ideas on how to get Hazel to extract that information correctly and use it in the filename?

Either in Hazel's preview or in Finder's "Get Info", look up the field name there. What it may be in EXIF may not be how it appears elsewhere.

OK, after that tip, at first, I was wondering if there was any other way to get Hazel to pull more than just the information coming from Finder's Get Info, but then I realized what might be the problem. Finder couldn't "get more info" from the file because Spotlight wasn't indexing the share I was connected to and monitoring.

I copied my test files to the desktop and both FINDER and HAZEL immediately gave me more EXIF data.

I disconnected my connection to the server and reconnected using AFP. Enabled indexing on this folder/share by typing the following on terminal command line:

mdutil /Volumes/name -i on

where 'name' is the shared directory that Hazel is monitoring.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!!