Data Organization
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Just put it all in the same folder and call it something like:
20250816_ProjectType_ActualNameHere_v001
How about New folder (11)/Final/Final2/TO DELETE/New version/DO NOT DELETE/20250816_Version 4
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I helped digitally convert my local library's microfilm archives, mostly newspapers, but also some really old titles and deeds. Tons of stuff from the 1800s.
do you also read the word TITLES wrong in lowercase?
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Actually it says SDD. Must be referring to those SeaGate hybrid drives, but even those are referred to as SSHD, so I'm at a loss for what they mean.
So i not the only one who misspells. Cool!
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Folders aren’t by default listed at the top
This is a aweful windows only thing. Anyone who likes it should be ashamed.
No. You cannot and will not shame me for something that is not shame worthy. Shame on you for trying.
No good intuitive way to set defaults for ALL folders at once
This is inexperience with the finder because it’s ridiculously easy to set this.
Do tell oh wise one. I’ve been using MacOS for over 15 years, and would love to learn the ways of a master such as yourself.
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~No. You cannot and will not shame me for something that is not shame worthy. Shame on you for trying.No good intuitive way to set defaults for ALL folders at once
You should be extra ashamed for not being ashamed and additionally shamed for taking this so seriously that you feel it necessary to attempt to shame someone who cheekily said you should be ashamed.
Do tell oh wise one. I’ve been using MacOS for over 15 years, and would love to learn the ways of a master such as yourself
Let me ChatGPT that for you without giving a shit how this formats, followed by more shame for relaxing your struggle with things because you lack the gumption to figure these things out in your own despite 15 years of use.
- Open a Finder Window
Pick any folder (usually your Home folder is a good starting point).
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- Set the View You Want
• Choose your preferred view style:
• Icons: ⌘1
• List: ⌘2
• Columns: ⌘3
• Gallery: ⌘4
Then adjust things like:
• Column widths
• Sorting / Arrange by
• Sidebar visibility
• Preview pane visibility⸻
- Apply with “Show View Options”
- With the folder open, press ⌘J (or go to View → Show View Options).
- At the bottom of the panel, you’ll see:
• Use as Defaults (for List, Icon, or Gallery views)
• Always open in … view - Click Use as Defaults → this sets your chosen view/layout for all folders of that type.
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wtf is an SDD?
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wtf is an SDD?
Maybe root?
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P.A.R.A. - It's a simple organization method and very easy to maintain.
This is really damn good. Thanks for sharing it!
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You can literally just upload a library of documents to github or another repo service like codeberg. That's basically what a code project is, a bunch of files.
The main difference being that code is typically stored in plain text files, where you can more easily compare and merge differences, while some other document types are harder to
diffusefully. That doesn't mean you can't use git to keep their version history, it just means resolving merge conflicts might be a bitch. -
I wish someone make github but for documents. Image your documents can be forked by someone and has many branches and revisions, it must be hilarious.
You just described SVN. It's what we used before the invention of git. And is still used today for team projects that use complex file formats, like images, binary blobs, 3d models, that sort of stuff. It will work with any files.
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Ok. Calling me out like that. It's fine, I deserve it.
I store everything "temporarily" because "I'll sort it later" on the Desktop.
It's never later.
The most items I had on my work desktop was 1366, they were overlapping on my screen and windows+D would lag the whole computer. It was glorious.
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We're just talking about the filename, the exact creation time is tracked by the OS. Plus I'd imagine most documents also have a time and date inside. The file name is mostly for sorting and human readability.
Oh, it was just filenames, not everything-everywhere?
Then I guess it's fine.What's this date btw?
10/8/10 -
Dots are reserved for filetype information, heathen.
hehe yeah
Your full file extension ends up being:
MM.DD-text
but hopefully noone needs to parse it that way.I tend to use
YYYY-MM-DD_hh:mm:ss.zzzorYYYY-MM-DD_hh-mm-ss.zzzdepending upon the requirement and just recently realised the problem with the.before thezzz.
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wtf is an SDD?
Super duper drive ...
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How about New folder (11)/Final/Final2/TO DELETE/New version/DO NOT DELETE/20250816_Version 4
Mmmmm... Just format the hard drive.
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Ok. Calling me out like that. It's fine, I deserve it.
I store everything "temporarily" because "I'll sort it later" on the Desktop.
It's never later.
I call it "Purgatory"
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Anyone who uses YYMMDD instead of ISO 8601 needs to be fed feet first into a wood chipper.
I assumed they meant it like
2025-08-18…Though TBF I sometimes rename files using the terminal and go
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Especially younger people. They're used to files just... being there on their phone. Photo albums? Nah, just scroll though every photo you've ever taken to find the right one.
That, and having powerful search functionality + tagging has made perfect folder structures less of a requirement. I've never had trouble finding documents in paperless-ngx just by searching, for example.
Photo albums? Nah, just scroll though every photo you’ve ever taken to find the right one.
Then screenshot it so that the screenshot of the photo is at the top, then switch to the other app and upload the screenshot of the photo there.
