![]() and probably many other's that I've forgotten. I've probably tried every filing program available for the Mac, including: I have to keep them for 5 years by federal law but I save them all. The past years inventory goes into the folder the current is the one out on top. I also keep many versions of critical items and they do tend to be in their own folder.Īnother example I have a folder Sheep Inventory History and a file Sheep Inventory 2010 both in my top level file system. Within that are all the various versions of the documents and e-mails and everything to and from the various water lawyers & judges and the various negotiations before we settled as well as the final case report and judgement. Fastest filing is a single layer of folders, it is what I have in my paper system but for electronic items it does make sense to have a few children of folders.įor example I have a folder Water Law and within that is a child folder of Water Case with XXX. I guess I should just chuck everything but the final version out, but for some reason I'm reluctant to do so.įlatter structures are easier to find things in because you don't have to remember that folder X is a child of folder W. One thing I am struggling with that none of you have mentioned, are all the different drafts and versions of things I have written. I'm thinking I would need more structure in the archive than just A-Z, though… Dividing into Current projects and Archive is a good idea. With GMail, I often just leave email attachments where they are, though (I'm way beyond my quota there). Photodiva: That sounds like a good system. I'm curious, though: Why exactly do you want to flatten out your folder structure? Would I really want to put all my files into it? Especially considering that you can't really link to things in Evernote?īTW, the files are mostly of the kind you describe, jason.verly. Re Evernote: I love it! But so far I only use it for text notes that I create in the app. ![]() I'm not sure that Google desktop is all that much better than the spotlight feature on Macs, though. In the process I thought I might as well introduce some structure… Usually that's related to it being on different hard drives, though, so this is a lot about just getting everything in one place. I'm wasting quite a bit already, though, when I don't find stuff. Zagazoo: One can indeed waste a lot of time on organising. In the meantime, are there any good summaries of his advice online? (Or maybe you can give us the elevator pitch on his take on folder structures? ) TesTeq: Looks like an interesting book, I'll consider buying it. Sort of like my working project files next to my tickler file.Īnd I am exploring evernote for some files as well. I keep out in a top level finder window the individual files I reference all the time, my sheep inventory, my list of books owned on paper and on kindle, my Quicken data files for personal and both businesses and so on. a nested folder :to represent a file name Scanned files are in a separate set of folders. For some archive data I've been scanning I have a good naming scheme that is working. I also have started re-naming files so the contents are more easily known from looking at the name. ![]() Whenever I am really bored I move and sort a few of the electronic files. My goal is no more than 2 levels deep in the folders. I am also trying to flatten out my folder structure. What I am doing is creating an A-Z folder structure on my machine in a single folder called General Filing. ![]() I'm in the same boat, Mac based, paper filing working, digital files a bit of a mess. ![]()
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