Preview Rule All Green, But Rule Doesn't Trigger
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2024 3:24 pmProblem: Hazel does not find that a file matches a rule, despite the "Preview Rule" function saying it's a match.
Setup: I have files in a folder on Google Drive. I've ensured that the folder is syncing full copies of files. There are about 45 rules on this folder right now, it sorts mail and PDFs and such. The rules all start with Kind is PDF then have a few criteria to match the file, then a date match. The actions are renaming to <date> Statement.pdf and moving to the correct folder.
What I've Tried:
None of these worked. At this point I'm afraid I'm going to have to write a script of sorts to do this sorting if Hazel can't do it.
Setup: I have files in a folder on Google Drive. I've ensured that the folder is syncing full copies of files. There are about 45 rules on this folder right now, it sorts mail and PDFs and such. The rules all start with Kind is PDF then have a few criteria to match the file, then a date match. The actions are renaming to <date> Statement.pdf and moving to the correct folder.
What I've Tried:
- - Checking log with debug enabled. Shows that the files do not meet any rules.
- Pulled text out of files and can see that there is text that meets the criteria.
- Moved just the one rule and the target file to another folder. Rule still didn't fire.
- Rebooting.
- Disabling, re-enabling Spotlight.
- Changing "Use Text Recognition" to Always.
None of these worked. At this point I'm afraid I'm going to have to write a script of sorts to do this sorting if Hazel can't do it.
