# Using Hazel to set color labels on files with hook links
**URL:** https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/using-hazel-to-set-color-labels-on-files-with-hook-links/4496
**Category:** Share Hookmark automation
**Created:** [January 10, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/using-hazel-to-set-color-labels-on-files-with-hook-links/4496 "2022-01-10T01:45:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@marlowe](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/marlowe)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/using-hazel-to-set-color-labels-on-files-with-hook-links/4496/1 "2022-01-10T01:45:04Z")
Not sure whether something like this idea has been posted elsewhere on the forum, but I tried using Hazel to label files with Hook links (tagged Hook) with a color label in Finder. Here’s what the rule looks like:
It works well to show at a glance which files have Hook links.
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### Author:  [@dob3rman](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/dob3rman)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/using-hazel-to-set-color-labels-on-files-with-hook-links/4496/2 "2022-01-10T20:34:56Z")
How are you monitering hooked files with hazel? Great idea, missing something here…
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### Author:  [@marlowe](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/marlowe)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/using-hazel-to-set-color-labels-on-files-with-hook-links/4496/3 "2022-01-10T21:42:23Z")
When I create a Hook link, I noticed in the macOS Finder info that a tag named “Hook” is added to the file. So the Hazel rule looks for files with this tag and then gives them a color label, to make it noticeable which ones have links attached.
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### Author:  [@dob3rman](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/dob3rman)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/using-hazel-to-set-color-labels-on-files-with-hook-links/4496/4 "2022-01-10T22:06:51Z")
What folder are you monitoring with Hazel?
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### Author:  [@marlowe](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/marlowe)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/using-hazel-to-set-color-labels-on-files-with-hook-links/4496/5 "2022-01-10T22:44:58Z")
~/Documents, and, actually, I found that it wasn’t hitting all the subfolders/files until I added an additional action in Hazel, which was _Run Rules on Folder Contents_. I updated the screenshot above.
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### Author:  [@WJJP](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/WJJP)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/using-hazel-to-set-color-labels-on-files-with-hook-links/4496/6 "2022-01-11T02:11:38Z")
No joy with this. Where does this “label” appear?
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### Author:  [@lawyerboy](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/lawyerboy)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/using-hazel-to-set-color-labels-on-files-with-hook-links/4496/7 "2022-01-11T13:34:28Z")
Just to note if you right-click on a tag in the Finder sidebar, you can assign a colour to it: so I have the ‘Hook’ tag coloured purple and can therefore see any file that’s been hooked.
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### Author:  [@martinewski](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/martinewski)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/using-hazel-to-set-color-labels-on-files-with-hook-links/4496/8 "2022-01-11T17:15:30Z")
You need to enable the option in Hook’s preferences.
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### Author:  [@marlowe](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/marlowe)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/using-hazel-to-set-color-labels-on-files-with-hook-links/4496/9 "2022-01-11T18:29:15Z")
Thank you for that great tip re the sidebar. I didn’t know about that option in Finder till today.
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### Author:  [@philbowell](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/philbowell)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/using-hazel-to-set-color-labels-on-files-with-hook-links/4496/10 "2022-01-11T19:53:20Z")
You could also use the built in ability to add a colour to a tag and it happen with out Hazel.
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### Author:  [@WJJP](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/WJJP)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/using-hazel-to-set-color-labels-on-files-with-hook-links/4496/11 "2022-01-12T00:14:54Z")
I find this works only if I have _two_ Hazel rules
and
Over here, combining both rules in one does not succeed.
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### Author:  [@pug](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/pug)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2022, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/using-hazel-to-set-color-labels-on-files-with-hook-links/4496/12 "2022-01-12T09:58:28Z")
As already pointed out, setting a global colour is best handled in Finder. However, if you want the colour to be different depending on which folder the hooked file is in, then Hazel is a great option.
I use Hazel to rename the hook tag to ♾ which takes less space and feels more ‘hooky’. @LucB Perhaps you can make it an option to set this as default?
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### Author:  [@drspk](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/drspk)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/using-hazel-to-set-color-labels-on-files-with-hook-links/4496/13 "2022-01-12T16:17:14Z")
I just created a Finder Smart folder for Hook, using the Finder tag referenced by martinewski. What does Hazel bring to the party?