How Hazel processes rules
I went paperless several years ago, and Hazel is part of the process. The other day, while processing bills, Hazel misidentified a bank statement as a Verizon bill. I fiddled with the rules but got nowhere, so I asked AI for help. The fix? Reorder the rules: move the bank statement rule above the Verizon one. Learned something new!
How Hazel rule order works:
- Rules are evaluated sequentially for each file
- Once a file matches a rule and gets processed, Hazel typically stops processing that file (unless you have specific settings that allow continued processing)
- Files that don't match the first rule get passed down to the second rule, and so on