Future you will be thankful past you did them a favor.ĮDIT: Also I forgot to add I have an "Archives" folder. Name a file as soon as it's created so if you have to stop working abruptly, you won't be temped to leave "New Document" on it until you work on the file again. Probably the biggest tip I can give though (and this goes for all OSes) give your files and folders useful names as soon as you can. If it can't find it, then I crawl around in Finder. Instead I just make folders in "Documents" and put stuff there: Code, Writing, Business, etc.īut TBH, I've worried a lot less about folder structure now that I've trained myself to use Spotlight. I put all my writing and spread sheets in there, but OS X puts all sorts of stuff in there by default. The only issue I really have is the "Documents" folder. I've created master folders in my Home for things that don't fit in the Apple folders: ROMs, Automator Scripts, etc. Image related stuff goes in "Pictures", but I store all my JPGs/PNGs in the Photos app so that folder is pretty spartan. I put audio related projects in "Music" and video related projects in "Movies". In my Home folder, I try to work with Apple's scheme. When I'm done with a document or project, I move it to an appropriate folder in my Home folder. I treat my Mac's desktop much like my real desktop: I only have documents and folders of things I'm currently working with.
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