They include:
1. Remove Unused Apps
2. Archive Older, Larger Files
3. Auto-add PDFs to Evernote
4. Automatically Start Amazon MP3 Downloads
5. Synchronize iChat Logs with Dropbox
6. Keep Your Desktop Clean
7. Automatically Import Downloaded Photos into iPhoto

http://www.maclife.com/article/features/7_awesome_hazel_rules_you_cant_live_without

I’m trying to do this too. Hazel would be perfect if it could read EXIF data, but it doesn’t seem to do so. Until it does, I’ve been using a little donation-ware program called EXIFRenamer, available here:

http://www.qdev.de/?location=mac/exifrenamer

I drop all of my photos into a folder on my harddrive, then drag them onto EXIFRenamer. The program renames the files in a variety of styles (I use YYYY-MM-DD), and you have the option of then moving them to a new folder. I move them to a folder that is watched by HAZEL, which then sorts them into subfolders, and shuttles them around for me.

This is particularly useful for me with images coming off of my iPhone. I do photos, videos and screenshots on the iPhone, but I like to keep these files separated. Hazel is great at sorting JPGs that I shot with the camera and keeping them separated from PNGs that are screen captures.

I’m new to this podcast and am rapidly catching up on my listening. Fantastic job, Katie and David!

Tinkertool provides a simple way to do that. With TinkerTool it is possible to set what graphic format is saved AND to specify a folder for the save AND to specify a naming convention.

I have set my screenshots to save as gif simply to save file size, and put them all in a folder in documents called * Image Saves

It would be easy to have Hazel monitor that folder . . .

#!/bin/sh

if [[ $extension == "dmg" ]]; then
echo "yes" | hdiutil attach "$1"
fi

The other one is a set of rules which I use to automatically move projects from my actions folder to one another. I use tags (Spotlight comments: &pending, &waitFor, &junk) to determine whether a file should go into ~/Current/1 – pending or ~/Current/4 – junk (or 2 procrastinate or 3 idea). When I change the tag of a file from, let’s say &pending to &junk. Hazel moves that folder automatically to 4 – junk.
Took me a while to figure that out, but now it’s working ubercool.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6102/tmp/hazel_rules.zip

(If you have a place to upload this I would appreciate it since I will delet this zip sometime soon)

I’m in my Downloads folder routinely, so I think I would notice a gray-colored file that was hanging around too long. Also, I have the rule set up to give me a Growl notification whenever it zaps a gray file.

Another strategy I’ve contemplated is setting up a dedicated “secure delete” folder and putting a shortcut to it in my Finder sidebar. I could set up Hazel to immediately zap any file I move to that file. I may do this at some point, but I find that I don’t have to secure delete very often.

If you come up with a more creative approach, let me know.

I just used Eric’s color label concept to make a Downloads folder rule that securely deletes files that I mark with a gray label.

About once a month, I download financial statements as PDF files, and they land in my Downloads folder before I move them to a secure disk image. The files have account numbers that I don’t want available to just anyone.

Rather than manually zapping them using Terminal, I created a Hazel rule that runs a simple shell script on any gray files less than a minute old:

srm -frm $1

Works great.

Of course, the above can’t be applied if you’re using labels in your rule for other processing.

I agree with you here about how Neatworks has failed me. I have been trying and trying to use it but there is not enough tools here. They just brought out version 3 and I cannot see any changes!

I think that I am taking my documents out of this and using the nested folders approach.

My ultimate solution that I have not found yet is to snap a picture of a receipt with my iphone and be kept in a neatworks or similar db.

Anyone?

For saving work I use Worksaver. This is for iwork but it will save documents as you are working on them every X minutes. It is free as well!

Thank you very much for so many great episodes of Mac Power Users!
Steffen

Here is a nice little rule I wrote:

Problem to be solved:
When I do a screen shot with ‘?-Shift-4’ I get a .png file in my desktop with a name like this:
Screen shot 2010-03-02 at 10.23.57 AM.png

Before I would normally use the file, I’d convert to .jpg and rename it. While this doesn’t take much time,
it can be automated.

Solution:
Add the Desktop directory to list of directories that Hazel watches.
Make a Screen Shot directory in Desktop

Make Automator workflow:
1) Find the file in finder
2) Rename the file with a dialog box
You may need to download automator action “Rename Finder Item” from
http://automatoractions.com/files/renamefinderitem1.0.html
3) Change file type (from .png to .jpg)

Then, Create a 3-step Hazel Rule:

1) Move the file to the Screen shot directory
2) Run Automator workflow (described above)
3) Send Growl notification

Usage:
Snap Screen Shot with (?-Shift-4)
Wait a second until the dialog box appears
Enter the file name (example.jpg)
Clear the Growl notification
Find the file in the Screen shot directory

Already set up some schedules and probably lots more to come.

Thanks David & Katie – not the first time you’ve taught me new things – keep up the good work