having problems about how hazel works properly

hi,
I ve recently been trying hazel and having some difficulties. I gave it a rule for my downloads folder to transfer finished music files and some movies to Music and Movies folder. However hazel wont just wait for the files to be finished (I am using utorrent for download). I turn off hazel and wait for the files to be finished however when I start hazel again, It just copies the mp3 files not the folder itself and when it does, it copies them seperately and creates a folder for each track, so I got 10 folders for 10 tracks from the same album.

My second problem is that hazel is not waiting the files to be finished, it just moves them.

Is there a way to fix these ?

Im really getting into hazel but Im having issues about the rules, any help would be appreciated.

Have a lovely day

Unfortunately, utorrent does not give proper indicators that Hazel can use to see if a file is busy. I forget if it has that option (Transmission does), but if you can have completed torrents go to a different folder, you can have Hazel monitor that instead.

As for your other issue, if you want to copy folders and not files, you need to have your rules match the folder and copy it, not the files. If you post your rules, I can better assist in figuring out what's going wrong.

hi Mr. Noodle and thank you for your fast reply. As you mentioned utorrent should have 2 seperate folders for downloads and completed downloads, I looked at it and there is a option for it on utorrent settings. Now I have 2 folders for current downloads and completed downloads. (thanks

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Now I changed the rule for completed downloads and all is working. However it still takes the file inside the folder not the folder itself.
These are my rules:
Folder Contents
-if all of the conditions are met
-kind is folder
-run rules on folder contents

Music
-if all of the conditions are met
-kind is music
-move to folder music

also I added sort into sub folder rule but it creates one folder for every track..

Yeah, that will move files. The rule matching the folder doesn't move it, but instead descends into it. If you want to move the folder based on the files inside it, you want to do this instead:

Code: Select all: If (all) are met If (all) are met for (any/all) of its sub-files... Kind is Music Do Move to folder music

To get the nested condition, hold down option while clicking the + button to create a new condition. That moves the folder based on the files within it which I believe is what you want.

I do not know how to put a second if rule

I tried pressing the command key it made a copy of the music rule

I'm not clear where your problem is. First off, do you mean rule or condition? Rule is the whole thing, made up of conditions and actions. A condition in the example above is "Kind is Music". If you want to create a nested condition, you hold down OPTION, not command. If you are still having problems, then please elaborate a bit on what is going wrong.

I just realized I was pressing the wrong add button. I tried it on the rule page and now it works flawlessly. Thank you Mr. Noodle, you rock