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Is there some way of unarchiving the contents into its current folder? When I unarchive some things, it will create a new folder which makes me have to move the contents back out into the parent folder.

You will have to set up a rule to go into those folders (see the sticky article above on that) and move them up a level. It's not a good idea to unpack archives into the current folder as it ends up dispersing the files mixed in with everything else that is already there.

Is there some sort of sample rule I can work off of?

Currently the structure is like this

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Folder
     --unarchivedFolder
               --stuff

I want to bring the "stuff" out of the unarchived folder into the main folder.

Try something like:

- For your rule to unarchive, at the end, add an action to color the unarchived folder some color.
- For the rule to go into subfolders (again, read the article), have it only go into folders with that color.
- Have some rule as follows. Hold down option and click the + button to add a condition. In the resulting nested condition, do:

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    If (all) match (enclosing folder)
        Color is <whatever color you chose above>
    Move to (enclosing folder)


That basically moves any files in a folder with that color up one level. You might want to add a rule to delete the empty colored folders as well.

So I set the color label after I unarchive. The problem I am having is that it is coloring the "unarchivedFolder" and not the stuff in it, so basically it is moving the whole folder out.


On another note, how can I rename the "unarchivedFolder" the same as the main folder?

That is the point. You color the folder have the subfolder rule only go into folders with that color. And then the move rule checks if the containing folder has that color.

Thanks I understand it now, and now it works. Thanks for your help!