I often receive inquiries concerning ways to automatically pull a date from the text of a PDF document and insert it into the file name. This has, to some degree, become a Arthurian quest to automate file naming and use accurate dates. Since I…
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Put Your Mac to Sleep with iOS Drafts
Occasionally, I have sensitive things on my Mac’s screen and occasionally I leave an office, or conference room, or courtroom and forget to shut the lid on that Mac. While I’ve got my Mac set to lock itself down after a few minutes, I…
Continue reading →Create OmniFocus Tasks with AppleScript
Sometimes efficiency becomes the enemy. Because I’m now a believer in automating document filing via Hazel and OCR, I sometimes get myself in trouble. A case in point is my life insurance bill. It arrives every quarter. I used to scan it and then…
Continue reading →MultiMarkdown Automation
A great post by Eddie Smith explaining a nerdtacular combination of Hazel and MultiMarkdown. I approve.
Continue reading →Mac Power Users – Hazel Geekery
Mac Power Users Episode 25, about Hazel, is live. You can get it in your browser here or on your iPod/iPhone/iPad here. The Hazel developer was kind enough to offer a 20% discount that runs through May 3.
Listen & read notes →Hazel Update
One of my very favorite Mac utilities, Noodlesoft’s Hazel released an update this week with several interesting feature addtions. You can now add sequential numbers to your rules and reference a source folder allowing you to mirror folder structures when moving and copying…
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