Data Organization
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Downloads is usually my largest folder. Funny thing is that it is literally all just Linux isos because I'm trying some things with servers
"Linux ISOs"
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What is a spring-loaded folder?
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This doesn't sound any easier than using Ctrl+X to cut files and Ctrl+V to paste them wherever you want to?
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Realistically, the skip should be named "Desktop"
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- Not being able to create a file
- Folders aren’t by default listed at the top
- Spring-loaded folders are hit or miss
- No good intuitive way to set defaults for ALL folders at once
- No good intuitive way to reset any folder defaults
- .DS_Store and ._DS_Store (nuff said)
I HATE that windows will sort folders at the top instead of alphabetically with everything else. I guess it comes from using a Mac for so long.
I agree about .DS_Store in any mixed os environment though.
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Anyone who uses YYMMDD instead of ISO 8601 needs to be fed feet first into a wood chipper.
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Do you even git?
Surely experiment 1…n should be branches.
With git LFS there's no excuse.
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This doesn't sound any easier than using Ctrl+X to cut files and Ctrl+V to paste them wherever you want to?
wrote last edited by [email protected]Depends on how you use your computer.
Plenty of people would tell you that using a GUI file manager and cutting/moving files is inefficient on any platform as opposed to just using a terminal.There are times where it’s nice to drag a file or group of files and have Finder show me the content of the destination folder before I decide to drop the files. But sure I could do that with 3 mouse clicks and 4 keyboard taps.
I think that terminal only or primarily terminal is valuable, a combination of mouse and keyboard with shortcuts is valuable, and also the ability to just use your mouse (especially helpful for accessibility) is also valuable, and they all should be supported.
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Why would you use the Finder when macOS has a perfectly fine shell?
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I HATE that windows will sort folders at the top instead of alphabetically with everything else. I guess it comes from using a Mac for so long.
I agree about .DS_Store in any mixed os environment though.
Yeah, I don’t know why having folders at the top would make anything easier.
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zsh? I mean, I use that too… but what does that have to do with anything?You can do all file management operations from the command line. No need to use the Finder.
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Anyone who uses YYMMDD instead of ISO 8601 needs to be fed feet first into a wood chipper.
ISO 8601 is
YYYYMMDD(orYYYY-MM-DDin extended format)Are you really going to wood chipper someone for leaving off the leading
20? I think we can safely infer the century and millennium with a high confidence, why not trade them for two extra name characters? -
ISO 8601 is
YYYYMMDD(orYYYY-MM-DDin extended format)Are you really going to wood chipper someone for leaving off the leading
20? I think we can safely infer the century and millennium with a high confidence, why not trade them for two extra name characters?As an old person who has archives dating back to the 90s, yes.
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You can do all file management operations from the command line. No need to use the Finder.
I don’t think the “average user” is going to drop Finder to use the terminal.
In fact though I’m not an “average user”and use
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Man, I hate my moms pc folder layout, like why do you have Documents folder inside of documents folder inside of Documents folder? Why do you create excel sheets inside Downloads folder when you didn't download them???
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Anyone who uses YYMMDD instead of ISO 8601 needs to be fed feet first into a wood chipper.
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You're a massive du -sh
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As an old person who has archives dating back to the 90s, yes.
So do I, but I don't think I need to worry too much about confusing them with 2090.
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Yes. Downloads is the way.
If you want to make yourself organize better, set up a cron to remove all downloads older than 7 days
then you’ll be efficient—and probably have nightmares.wrote last edited by [email protected]No,I'll just disable the cron job before it executes and forget about it.
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Yeah, I don’t know why having folders at the top would make anything easier.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Because if you're looking for a subfolder you're not looking for a file, and vice versa? It doesn't matter much in sparse directories, but it annoys me having to scroll through a ton of files to find the folder I want in directories with both.
I too like a lot of things about Mac, but finder could be improved, for sure.
(I have gotten used to a lot of its features and hate Windows' defaults too, so there's that. I don't think an ideal exists, unless it's in Linux somewhere and I just need to dual boot the desktop and get it over with)
