Is Hazel still real useful for using with Devonthink?

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@Stephen_C

• archive my DEVONthink databases weekly by way of additional backup (and use a script to do so). Hazel ensures that only the last two backups remain in the backup folder on my Mac (i.e., it prunes any backup older than the last two—which is what I want). (I have other apps—like Capture One—that create regular automatic backups and use Hazel in the same way to ensure I keep only the two most recent backups.)

I’m trying to do something similar with Hazel (keeping only the last archive of the day)–would love to see your workflow.

@Stephen_C

• I use Hazel to move classical music downloads to a specific folder for processing.

I use Hazel to copy newly (and legally!) downloaded eBooks, photos, and music from my MBP to the appropriate family media server locations after I have cleaned up metadata.

@Stephen_C

• Specifically, in the context of DEVONthink, Hazel renames many different downloaded bills and statements and transfers them to the DEVONthink inbox for further automatic processing in DEVONthink.

I use this feature extensively! Any statement or bill that hits my download folder gets scanned by Hazel, renamed, and added to DT Global Inbox where I can have some Smart Rules do further processing and filing–there are likely ways to do this all in DT, but some of these workflows pre-date my switch from EN to DT and they just work.

I also use Hazel to run Zowie every time I add a new reference to Zotero to make it easier to work with journal articles in both Zotero and DT.