Some updates:
1. I have now granted full disk access to Hazel. However, that access is grayed out in the "Files and Folders" privacy area, if that is relevant (it is grayed out for all other apps that have it, too). In the "Full Disk Access" section, the green check box is checked.
2. I believe the problem is isolated to Downloads, or to folders that are not synced to the cloud. Hazel has access to "iCloud" under "Files and Folders," but not to other folders (and I don't see any way to add specific folders). I ran a test and my rules applied to every folder that is synced to iCloud, as well as to SOME of my files in the Applications folder (oddly many of the native applications on my Mac, and Google Chrome, and a few other, seem to have been skipped over by the test).
3. The option "run rules now" for Downloads is grayed out for hours at a time, basically always unless I quit Hazel or restart my computer... Even though I don't see any activity in that folder under the logs. I tried removing the folder and re-adding it, but the same things is happening.
4. I have searched the logs and they don't show anything helpful that I can tell. The Downloads folder, for instance, just shows that a "worker" was assigned to the folder and nothing else, no activity. Here are the logs for Downloads most recently:
2024-03-14 08:59:42.441 86Z3GCJ4MF.com.noodlesoft.HazelHelper[99678] DEBUG: Deploy folders: (
Applications,
Attachments,
Desktop,
Obsidian,
"Teaching"
)
2024-03-14 08:59:42.441 86Z3GCJ4MF.com.noodlesoft.HazelHelper[99678] DEBUG: Thread 0x600002cbc540: Deploying worker for folder: /Applications
2024-03-14 08:59:42.441 86Z3GCJ4MF.com.noodlesoft.HazelHelper[99678] DEBUG: Thread 0x600002cbc540: Deploying worker for folder: /Users/**/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~hahainteractive~GoodTask3/Documents/Attachments
2024-03-14 08:59:42.441 86Z3GCJ4MF.com.noodlesoft.HazelHelper[99678] DEBUG: Thread 0x600002cbc540: Deploying worker for folder: /Users/**/Desktop
2024-03-14 08:59:42.441 86Z3GCJ4MF.com.noodlesoft.HazelHelper[99678] DEBUG: Thread 0x600002cbc540: Deploying worker for folder: /Users/**/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~md~obsidian/Documents/Obsidian Vault/**
2024-03-14 08:59:42.441 86Z3GCJ4MF.com.noodlesoft.HazelHelper[99678] DEBUG: Thread 0x600002cbc540: Deploying worker for folder: /Users/**/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~md~obsidian/Documents/Obsidian Vault/**
2024-03-14 08:59:42.441 86Z3GCJ4MF.com.noodlesoft.HazelHelper[99678] DEBUG: Thread 0x600002cbc540: Deploying worker for folder: /Users/**/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~md~obsidian/Documents
2024-03-14 08:59:42.441 86Z3GCJ4MF.com.noodlesoft.HazelHelper[99678] DEBUG: Thread 0x600002cbc540: Deploying worker for folder: /Users/**/Documents/**/Teaching
2024-03-14 08:59:42.441 86Z3GCJ4MF.com.noodlesoft.HazelHelper[99678] DEBUG: Thread 0x600002cbc540: Deploying worker for folder: /Users/**/Documents/**/Teaching/**
2024-03-14 08:59:42.441 86Z3GCJ4MF.com.noodlesoft.HazelHelper[99678] DEBUG: Thread 0x600002cbc540: Undeploying worker for folder: /Users/**/Downloads
2024-03-14 08:59:42.444 86Z3GCJ4MF.com.noodlesoft.HazelHelper[99678] DEBUG: Thread 0x600002cbc540: FOLDERS SYNCED: (
Desktop,
"Teaching",
Applications,
Obsidian,
Attachments,