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   Hazel 3.1

   Josh Centers

   Noodlesoft has released [1]Hazel 3.1 with a ton of changes to the file
   cleanup and processing utility. New features include support for
   uploading files via FTP, SFTP, and WebDAV; the capability to use
   patterns to match against and extract the contents ofPDF and certain
   text file types; a custom date token that can match dates in text;
   descriptions of rules for later reference; an option to copy over an
   existing folder structure; and an option to avoid overwriting existing
   files. There are also a number of user interface changes that should
   make the utility easier to use. Under the hood, Hazel 3.1 has
   optimizations to reduce unnecessary multiple passes on file processing,
   added delays before trashing duplicate files and deleting too-large
   files, and improvements in metadata handling that should improve
   performance. A variety of bugs have also been fixed, most of which are
   pretty specific, though Noodlesoft closes the [2]release notes with
   'honey bunches of fixes.' ($28 new, free update, 7.5 MB)

References

   1. http://www.noodlesoft.com/hazel.php
   2. http://www.noodlesoft.com/release_notes.php

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