Viktor Bijlenga

  • Rename a common filename to something useful with Hazel app

    ### Problem:
    You get a lot of attachments in the mail with the same name – example “your-company-name.pdf”. You think it’s unnecessary to rename stuff manually and

    ### Solution:

    1. Download [Hazel app](http://www.noodlesoft.com/hazel.php).
    2. Set up a new rule [containing the following](http://cl.ly/Y8vA) for your downloads folder.

    If **Any**
    **Name** contains **”your-company-name”**

    **Do the following..**
    Rename with pattern [date added]_[creator][extension]
    3. Done! Your files will from now be named in a more convenient way.

  • Paperless rule for Hazel

    > What I realized was that each of the above types of documents could easily be identified by my unique account number with each company. And so I set up rules in Hazel to look at the contents of a document, and depending on which criteria that document matches Hazel renames the PDF accordingly and then files it into the proper folder on my Mac.

    Smart. I need to add this to my Hazel rules for my paperless setup.