Hazel and system performance

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Hazel and system performance Sun Mar 31, 2013 5:30 am • by Woody
Hello!

So far I'm learning more and more everyday and I try to optimize my workflows with Hazel. I love it. But I have one fear:
I read a lot of comments and posts that state that Hazel is very easy on the system but I want to be sure:
Does it make a difference if I set a folder with a rule like:

if folder is older than 2 minutes
if if files subcount is 0

- move to trash

or should I rather work with color labels instead of the 2 minutes rule? As far as I understand it if I apply the rules above, Hazel has to check every 2 minutes if a empty folder is around.
Let's say I add color labels to certain rules that I can circumvent the 2 minutes rule, would this be easier on my system or does it matter at all?
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Re: Hazel and system performance Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:45 pm • by Mr_Noodle
It won't necessarily check every two minutes. It looks at the existing files and calculates from there. Say if all the files are older than 2 minutes, then it won't have any need to wake up unless something is modified. I suggest trying it out and only worrying about it if you notice a performance issue.
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Re: Hazel and system performance Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:23 am • by Woody
Thank you for your answer.
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