What rules do I have?

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What rules do I have? Mon May 12, 2014 12:55 pm • by Allsop
Being a very new user of Hazel and just getting used to it, racking my brain and having fun at the same time I have found that it is not easy to remember what rules I have assigned to what folders! I suspect that this is a common problem especially with new users! So is there an easy way that someone can suggest to enable me to keep track of all the rules I have written? Cheers.
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Re: What rules do I have? Mon May 12, 2014 3:25 pm • by Mr_Noodle
Is the problem too many rules or too many folders or both?

To deal with too many rules, you should look into consolidating them. If there's a common pattern to them, you should look at match patterns (search the in-app help).

If too many folders and a bunch of them (a) are under a common folder and (b) have the same or similar rules, then instead, you should have Hazel watch the common folder and then have it go into subfolders to apply the rules. See the sticky article near the top on how to do that.
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Re: What rules do I have? Tue May 13, 2014 12:41 am • by Allsop
Thanks for this.
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