Using Sync with Subfolders and Color Labels

Hi,
I am a new Hazel user and would appreciate help in refining a set of rules.

The scenario is that I wish to scan a folder, and all its subfolders and then create a copy all the JPEG Images that do NOT have a RED color label.

I'm currently using 2 actions to achieve this:

This is working fine - to a point. However if after the rule has run for the first time I add a RED color label to an image in the source folder it is not then removed from the destination folder (which is what I would like).

Surprisingly however it does work the other way (i.e. if I remove a RED color label from an image in the source folder it is immediately added to the destination folder).

Is there another step that I can add to ensure that any images that are subsequently labeled RED are removed from the destination folder?

Any help appreciated!

Do you want the file removed or just the color label?

Mr_Noodle wrote:Do you want the file removed or just the color label?

I want to remove the file.

Not really doable at the moment as sync doesn't really allow you to choose which files in a folder get synced. You'll probably needs to write a script to handle that type of thing.

OK, thanks for the reply. A couple of questions:

When you say it's not doable 'at the moment' - does that mean there are plans to add this functionality to the sync feature in the future?

A with regard to writing a script, can I just clarify you mean using Applescript?

Thanks,
Chris

Just means you can't do it now, without any notion of whether such a thing is in the works or not. I will take this as a vote in favor of such a feature but can't say much beyond the fact that it would require a good deal of work and it hasn't been requested much.

AppleScript, JavaScript or shellscript.