Hazel
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Hazel, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Hazel's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Hazel 6 Upgrade | $20, paid once | Upgrade from a previous version · price shown as $20 + |
| Hazel 6 | $42, paid once | License; price shown as $42 + |
| Hazel 6 Family Pack | $65, paid once | License for up to 5 household members · Private households only · price shown as $65 + |
The facts
Each one read from Hazel's own pages, with the date it was checked.
The company
- Company
- Noodlesoft describes itself as a one-person company making software since 2006 and based in New York City.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2006checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- New York Citychecked 28 Sep 2026
What it does
- Conditional logic
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- File workflows
- Rules can move, rename, open, archive, tag, and upload files, and sort them into subfolders.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Hazel 6 features
- Hazel 6 adds on-the-fly text recognition for graphics and PDFs, support for password-protected PDFs, file-change reversion, custom list attributes, file locking, and pause actions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Licensing limit
- The Family Pack license covers up to five members of a private household.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Multi-step workflows
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Privacy
- Anonymous system statistics collection during update checks is off by default, must be explicitly enabled, and can be previewed before transmission.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Hazel watches folders and automatically organizes files according to rules users create.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- Noodlesoft provides a user guide, user forums, license recovery, and a contact form for support requests.checked 12 Oct 2026
- System requirement
- Hazel 6.1.2 requires macOS 13 Ventura or later.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Transaction security
- The store says all transactions are secure and purchase information is sent to a transaction processor to complete the order.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Upload protocols
- The Upload action supports FTP, SFTP, and WebDAV, and Hazel stores server passwords in the Mac keychain.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free evaluation
- Unregistered Hazel runs with all features except rule export for 14 days, then enters Demo mode limited to one monitored folder and two active rules.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- macOS integrations
- The site lists Spotlight, Photos, Music, TV, Notifications, Tags, Shortcuts, AppleScript, and Automator support.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Trash and app cleanup
- Hazel can delete files based on age or trash size, and App Sweep can find support files left behind when an application is trashed.checked 12 Oct 2026
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