Forel v1.0.1
Added
- Added an Import to Library action that can add files to the Music, Photos, or TV native macOS libraries. When a file is already present you can choose to skip it (leave the library untouched) or replace it (remove the existing entry before re-importing). File format compatibility is checked before each import, and importing into Photos requires granting access in System Settings.
- The Contents condition now uses on-device Vision OCR and the Apple Neural Engine to extract text from scanned PDFs and images — everything stays private and works offline, with no data sent to the cloud.
- Added image OCR support for WebP, GIF, BMP, JPEG 2000, and Photoshop files.
- Added content extraction support for Office template formats (.dotx, .xltx, .potx).
- Added a Permissions section to Settings showing the status of Photos and Music/TV automation access, with buttons to grant access or open the relevant System Settings pane.
Changed
- Activity and Dry Run text (file paths, messages, rule names) can now be selected and copied.
- Import to Library now only offers Skip and Replace as conflict options (Rename removed), with Skip as the default.
- The action kind and condition kind pickers now show SF Symbol icons and are grouped into labelled sections.
- Forel's app identifier moved to
com.lab421.forel. Existing rules, history, and settings carry over automatically.
Fixed
- The watcher now also ignores Microsoft Office lock files (
~$...) and macOS resource-fork files (._...), in addition to.DS_Store.
Two builds available. Download the one that matches your Mac:
Forel-v1.0.1-darwin-arm64.dmgApple Silicon (M1 / M2 / M3 / M4)Forel-v1.0.1-darwin-x86_64.dmgfor Intel
Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
- Download the correct .dmg for your Mac.
- Open it and drag Forel into Applications.
- First launch: the app is ad-hoc signed (not notarized), so right-click Forel.app -> Open and confirm. (Or run
xattr -cr /Applications/Forel.app.)