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Hazel for Mac

Create rules for organizing and cleaning folders.

$42.00
In English
4.4
Based on 143 user rates

Hazel overview

Hazel is your personal housekeeper, organizing and cleaning folders based on rules you define. Hazel can also manage your trash and uninstall your applications.

Organize your files using a familiar rule interface. Filter on the file's name, type, date, the site or email address it came from and more. And do more than just file. You can set color labels, Spotlight keywords and comments and even archive files. Hazel also cleans, sporting options to clean out incomplete and duplicate downloads. All this is done automatically in the background allowing you to focus on your real work.

In addition, Hazel can manage your Trash for you, relieving you of having to empty it yourself.

What’s new in version 5.3.5

  • Fixed issue resulting in possible loss of files when moving folders with certain ACLs set.
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Hazel for Mac

$42.00
In English
Version 5.3.5
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4.4

(188 Reviews of Hazel)

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Panocha
Panocha
Oct 11 2023
5.2.2
0.0
Oct 11 2023
0.0
Version: 5.2.2
I'll give it a try, it looks useful, but I will never buy it, no matter how useful. $42? Really? roflmao. To put it in perspective $42 is more of an entire application suite money, not utility money. Most of these small utility apps are between $1.99 and $9.99 on the app store. They should sell it for $9.99 at the most, per version, then have an upgrade fee of half that for a new major version release. Then they could offer a lifetime license for $29.99. That would be fair. It's too bad, when they get greedy, it only hurts themselves. You would sell more copies, and make more money by being reasonable. But, again, I want to try it, it sounds useful. There are other apps that do the same that are not scam pricing though. And from just reading the reviews below, it may not even work anyway... smh
lordmolesbury
lordmolesbury
Apr 19 2022
5.1.1
1.0
Apr 19 2022
1.0
Version: 5.1.1
Hideous car wreck of a software -just would not pick up extensions at all. Wasted 4 hours hacking away to no avail. Avoid.
wrk24wheel-2
wrk24wheel-2
Mar 10 2021
5.0.6
2.0
Mar 10 2021
2.0
Version: 5.0.6
Stick with v4.4.5 if you have not upgraded to Catalina, which I have no intention of ever doing. I will move to a PC before upgrading to Catalina. Tried v5 before paying the rip off $20 for an upgrade. Glad I didn't as this version stinks. 4.4.5 is a much better reliable version that just works. If you are considering the upgrade, I don't even think I would do it if it were free.
mherndz-1
mherndz-1
Feb 28 2021
5.0.5
0.0
Feb 28 2021
0.0
Version: 5.0.5
This has to be the dumbest "tagging" app I've ever tried. Even the MacOS tagging (which sucks) is better. Set up Hazel rules, it does and monitors nothing. Useless, LOL!
Sw-tester
Sw-tester
Feb 14 2021
5.0.5
5.0
Feb 14 2021
5.0
Version: 5.0.5
Excellent software and support! Usually I am posting negative reviews about some bad software. But Hazel really is great. Been using Hazel for a long time. Upgraded to 5 and has been smooth.
snozdop
snozdop
Jan 26 2024
5.3.2
5.0
Jan 26 2024
5.0
Version: 5.3.2
woodhams
woodhams
Mar 18 2023
5.2
5.0
Mar 18 2023
5.0
Version: 5.2
RobertAudi
RobertAudi
Sep 29 2022
5.1.4
5.0
Sep 29 2022
5.0
Version: 5.1.4
Sigil
Sigil
Aug 13 2022
5.1.4
5.0
Aug 13 2022
5.0
Version: 5.1.4
lordmolesbury
lordmolesbury
Apr 19 2022
5.1.1
1.0
Apr 19 2022
1.0
Version: 5.1.1
ryth_talk
ryth_talk
May 19 2021
5.0.7
3.0
May 19 2021
3.0
Version: 5.0.7
gvonneida
gvonneida
Mar 21 2021
5.0.5
1.0
Mar 21 2021
1.0
Version: 5.0.5
Sw-tester
Sw-tester
Feb 14 2021
5.0
Feb 14 2021
5.0
Version: null
Ward
Ward
Jan 25 2021
5.0
Jan 25 2021
5.0
Version: null
F451
F451
Jan 22 2021
5.0
Jan 22 2021
5.0
Version: null
MattSD
MattSD
Dec 8 2020
5.0
Dec 8 2020
5.0
Version: null
mckmck
mckmck
Nov 22 2020
1.0
Nov 22 2020
1.0
Version: null
RC62
RC62
Nov 21 2020
5.0
Nov 21 2020
5.0
Version: null
Helmo-Hass
Helmo-Hass
Nov 20 2020
1.0
Nov 20 2020
1.0
Version: null
Kozzy49
Kozzy49
Jun 12 2020
5.0
Jun 12 2020
5.0
Version: null
gcoghill
gcoghill
Mar 24 2020
5.0
Mar 24 2020
5.0
Version: null
Cerniagigante
Cerniagigante
Feb 28 2020
1.0
Feb 28 2020
1.0
Version: null
Andrewrodney
Andrewrodney
Feb 28 2019
5.0
Feb 28 2019
5.0
Version: null
Wevah
Wevah
Jan 26 2019
5.0
Jan 26 2019
5.0
Version: null
Ervins Strauhmanis
Ervins Strauhmanis
Sep 7 2018
5.0
Sep 7 2018
5.0
Version: null
makareim
makareim
Sep 7 2018
5.0
Sep 7 2018
5.0
Version: null
JohnF1664
JohnF1664
Sep 5 2018
5.0
Sep 5 2018
5.0
Version: null
Edelheid
Edelheid
Mar 2 2018
4.5
Mar 2 2018
4.5
Version: null
Yogi-Coach
Yogi-Coach
Feb 28 2018
5.0
Feb 28 2018
5.0
Version: null
theo-langstrumpf
theo-langstrumpf
Feb 14 2018
4.0
Feb 14 2018
4.0
Version: null
monica-8
monica-8
Nov 13 2017
1.0
Nov 13 2017
1.0
Version: null
Potatoes
Potatoes
Jul 1 2017
5.0
Jul 1 2017
5.0
Version: null
Sam0
Sam0
Jun 8 2017
5.0
Jun 8 2017
5.0
Version: null
WetNet
WetNet
May 16 2017
5.0
May 16 2017
5.0
Version: null
WisdomL0RD
WisdomL0RD
Mar 26 2017
4.0
Mar 26 2017
4.0
Version: null
koepl427
koepl427
Dec 4 2016
4.5
Dec 4 2016
4.5
Version: null
Stef-Vandenabele
Stef-Vandenabele
Nov 19 2016
5.0
Nov 19 2016
5.0
Version: null
PRjohnson
PRjohnson
Sep 6 2016
5.0
Sep 6 2016
5.0
Version: null
jp-langner
jp-langner
Aug 10 2016
5.0
Aug 10 2016
5.0
Version: null
Grug
Grug
Aug 8 2016
5.0
Aug 8 2016
5.0
Version: null
dwp-1
dwp-1
Aug 4 2016
5.0
Aug 4 2016
5.0
Version: null
Fontgoddess
Fontgoddess
Jul 23 2016
5.0
Jul 23 2016
5.0
Version: null
Alessandro82
Alessandro82
Jul 21 2016
0.5
Jul 21 2016
0.5
Version: null
Schraep
Schraep
Jul 12 2016
5.0
Jul 12 2016
5.0
Version: null
RebeccaA
RebeccaA
May 23 2016
5.0
May 23 2016
5.0
Version: null