Data Organization
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I mean, I could hope to live that long!
Wise people plant trees whose shade they'll never stand in.
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And you assume that changes to filesystems, new filesystems being created or other such things won't at some point create a edge case that creates a problem?
When you could just be safe? Sounds stupid as fuck to me to blindly trust nothing will happen to create problems.
They've never had to recover a hard drive. It's okay, they'll learn the hard way.
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are we just talking digital because i've inherited archives. my current one only goes back to the 1950s but in the next decades i expect to get some going back centuries.
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.
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Project designer: the project function is self explanatory.
User:
I asked her what the fuck she was thinking later in the process. She knew that files weren't supposed to be there She just thought it was a good idea, and was very defensive borderline offensive about being able to store files wherever she wanted.
My first inclination was she was just putting non-work-related stuff in there so that her manager would never see it. But no, there were hundreds of megs of work related stuff. I recommended she not store the 500 megs of personal digital camera fodder on what computer if she was that tight on space. Hard drives of this era were only a handful of gigs large. She just flipped out some more demanded a bigger disc. I had a private consult with her manager and mentioned that We could get a bigger desk but it was going to come out of her budget. She declined.
A year later we did SOX compliance and as part of that we deleted emails over 3 months and deleted any recycling bin data over a month old. I made sure her manager noted this and that it would delete her preferred file storage and never heard another word out of them.
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Just put it all in the same folder and call it something like:
20250816_ProjectType_ActualNameHere_v001
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- New_document.docx
- New_document_1.docx
- New_document_111.docx
- New_document_12.docx
- New_document_12aaa.dox
- New_document_12aaafinal.docx
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.
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"Trying some things"
Then you end up liking what you slapped together with jank and a prayer to the temporary work-around and now there's a new prod server!
I wish. I've never kept a personal server up for more than a month. I just never use them
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"Linux ISOs"
They are actually Linux isos. But also ironically, one of the things I'm trying to set up is the *arr set of tools
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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 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.
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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
