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Working with files, terminal and AI on a Mac.
Hazel: what the free tier covers
Hazel ryoukin, answered: the one time price, the 14 day evaluation, exactly what demo mode still does, when upgrades cost nothing, and how to tell if free is enough.
Hazel: what it does and where it breaks down
Hazel towa, explained: the watched folder and rule model, who has built it for twenty years, what Hazel 6 added, and the three places rules quietly stop working.
Hazel: the setup order that holds up
A Hazel tsukaikata walkthrough in setup order: pick the watched folder, get rule order right, preview before anything moves, and know what Revert covers.
File search: what it does and where it breaks down
A file search towa guide for Mac: the difference between index search and disk search, what Spotlight never sees, and how to pick the tool from what you remember.
File search: the setup order that holds up
file search tsukaikata, decided in order: search scope, index coverage, one query syntax, saved conditions, and how a found file gets handed to the next step.
Finder tags alternatives: what you can drop
Looking for a Finder tags alternative? Tags quietly do four separate jobs. Here is which of them folders, filenames and saved searches can absorb, and the one they cannot.
Finder tags: how to decide what you need
Choosing Finder tags starts with the classification, not the color. Four questions sort each one into a tag, a folder, a filename or a saved search, and the keyboard sets the limit.
Finder tags not working: what to check, in order
When Finder tags stop behaving, three different faults get reported as one. Separate the symptoms, then check the file, the index and the display settings in that order.