Store the computer in a cool room and if you wake up in the middle of the night to bats flying off your window, take a sneak peek to make sure everything is still operating smoothly. Just remember that downloading warez is a risky business and you should always take precautions before installing any software. As you can see my avatar is the famous Bad Luck Brian because in technology and love, we have had similar experiences. Scannable: Make sure anyone who quickly glances at the file will understand its name.
Here's an example:. Beyond making your file names unique, scannable, and easily understood, the Stanford University Libraries recommends these tips for good file names:. Dates: Always write dates in yyyymmdd or yymmdd format, so your files will naturally fall in chronological order.
In my examples above, I used mmyy because the folders were already organized by year making month the most important descriptor. Length: Be aware that some software programs have character limits on file names. Include only necessary information in your names, and cut anything superfluous e.
This ensures your files or folders will stay lined up how you want them too. Start general then get specific: Since your filenames will naturally be sorted from whatever you type first, start with the most general components year, department, client, etc. A general rule of thumb is whatever you want to see first, write first. Finding files is much easier with a folder structure. Plus, with well-named files and folders, your computer's search will be an even better tool for finding files.
Your new names and folders should be easy to find in seconds. On a Mac, Spotlight lets you search through your files and emails and preview them to make sure you found what you are looking for. On an iPad or iPhone, just pull down on your homescreen for a simplified Spotlight search to look through emails, notes, and apps on the go—or use the search tool inside the Dropbox or Google Drive app on any phone to find synced files.
On a PC running Windows Vista, 7, or 8. In Windows 10, there's a Cortana search button next to the Start button, which can search for files and folders—and can also look up the weather or search the web. If you want more tools to dig deeper in your folders or launch specific programs automatically, there's also third-party search apps. Alfred is a popular and powerful search tool for Mac, while Launchy is a common pick for Windows searching. You can also search for files inside apps themselves.
Dropbox, Google Drive, and Box let you search through synced files and folders, while Zapier can search inside many of your productivity apps. Zaps can search for specific files and folders in Box—perhaps to find a client's folder—and then save files from other apps into that folder to help keep everything organized automatically. If your files and folders are already disorganized—it will take forever to clean up. So start out with this month's files, for example.
Then save every new file according to that folder structure. Consider archiving all old files by moving them into an "Old Files" or "Archive" folder. When you have time, you can go through this "Archive" folder and store files using the same folder structure you've already started using for new files. What folder structure do you use to keep your files organized? We'd love to hear about it in the comments below! Using Dropbox to organize your files?
Check out these 12 Hidden Dropbox Features for more ways to organize and quickly find files whenever you need them.
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