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What is the best way to organize folders on my computer?
mobius | Oct 26 2006
I think this counts as a "productivity" question, because I find myself getting bogged down rummaging through my files trying to find what I need. In the past I have set a directory structure under My Documents like so:
My Documents
~Docs
~Downloads
~ftp
~Images
~Media
~Audio
~Video
~Misc
~Software
~Work
This has changed over the years and I've added to it and have so much stuff in certain places that I can't combine similar items. I don't know what I am really trying to ask. What do you think is the proper, most efficient, way to organize your personal files on a computer? Keep in mind that I don't care about where things are installed. This is strictly about data. So in the example above, my software folder keeps backup disc images of software, games, etc. It also contains downloaded software such as drivers, install files, etc. The audio and video keep mp3s, movies, tv shows and various clips. If you know of a better way, I'm all ears. How do you organize your files? Thanks. 10 Comments
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 I tend to throw all...Submitted by AmberSat on November 5, 2006 - 9:26pm.
I tend to throw all my pictures, audio and video files into my Pictures, Music, and Movie folders (these are all more easily catalogued in iPhoto or iTunes), and then organize my Documents subfolders by file type (Apps & Disc Images, Excel Files, HTML Files, Word Files, Outliner Files, etc.). The latter isn't really necessary, it just keeps my Documents folder from becoming such an unnavigable mess, so that if I do have to go looking for something there, I can still find it reasonably quickly. The only topical folder I maintain under Documents at this point is "Case Files," since I still find it useful in my legal work to save all the various files associated with a particular case in one place. Otherwise, I use Smart Folders or Spotlight or Quicksilver's functionality to filter and go fetch what I need. » POSTED IN:
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