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Having some more context would be nice, but here's some tips as a web developer. * Don't save files on the desktop. * Create a Projects or Dev folder in your

Having some more context would be nice, but here's some tips as a web developer. * Don't save files on the desktop. * Create a Projects or Dev folder in your home directory and make a folder for each project. (For Web development, I use Laravel Valet which automatically makes a foldername.test vhost inside ~/Dev.) * My Downloads folder is very messy. I could probably set up a job to delete files older than 6 months, but I have plenty of space, so no need (yet).

oskapt 8y ago
For managing folders that collect cruft, or for doing things like deleting screenshots from the desktop after some period of time, I use Hazel. It’s great for menial maintenance tasks.
- wassimdotis 8y ago
  Hazel looks very interesting, thanks!
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tracker1 8y ago
I've been using ~/src/HOST/ACCOUNT/REPO pattern for all source code since playing with go... host could be github.com or GROUP.visualstudio.com .. account can be an account/group/project name and repo is the individual code repo. Local temp things ~/src/local/PROJECT/REPO I have also taken to a few setup scripts that ensure tooling is installed, and checks out the repos in their respective directories.
ryanwaggoner 8y ago
Don't save files on the desktop Why?
- kbutler 8y ago
  Pros: super easy Cons: It's a global namespace and easily cluttered, and the clutter is visible as the default background of your display. It's like "saving things" on my physical desk - a bad habit I tell myself not to do, but still find myself doing. (chucks a few things that have been on my desk).
  - lolftw 8y ago
    > It's like "saving things" on my physical desk - a bad habit I tell myself not to do, but still find myself doing. (chucks a few things that have been on my desk). But on a physical desk I don't have options to sort, search etc. I do on the mac. I use the desktop as place for non-critical files everytime (like a screenshot that I have to attach to an email, or to export a image without background that I am going to use on a ppt). Basically just as a temp folder. It is absolutly cluttered, but the ability to drop a temporary file there without thinking of structure or what it relates to trumps the clutter it creates. Besides, with the addition of Stacks (https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT209101 https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT209101) it makes everything more manageable.
nrjames 8y ago
Another vote for Hazel. I also use Yoink, which is sort of a drag-drop shelf for files that you're trying to move from one place to another. Drag them to the Yoink shelf, go do some other stuff, then drag them off of the Yoink shelf to their destination. For screenshots and images I'm saving on the web, I no longer even allow them to save to the desktop. I perform the screenshot (or drag from browser), drag it from the new Mojave preview widget to Yoink, then drag them to the destination. They're never saved in Downloads or on my Desktop.

oskapt 8y ago

For managing folders that collect cruft, or for doing things like deleting screenshots from the desktop after some period of time, I use Hazel. It’s great for menial maintenance tasks.

wassimdotis 8y ago
Hazel looks very interesting, thanks!

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tracker1 8y ago

I've been using ~/src/HOST/ACCOUNT/REPO pattern for all source code since playing with go... host could be github.com or GROUP.visualstudio.com .. account can be an account/group/project name and repo is the individual code repo. Local temp things ~/src/local/PROJECT/REPO I have also taken to a few setup scripts that ensure tooling is installed, and checks out the repos in their respective directories.

ryanwaggoner 8y ago

Don't save files on the desktop Why?

kbutler 8y ago
Pros: super easy Cons: It's a global namespace and easily cluttered, and the clutter is visible as the default background of your display. It's like "saving things" on my physical desk - a bad habit I tell myself not to do, but still find myself doing. (chucks a few things that have been on my desk).
- lolftw 8y ago
  > It's like "saving things" on my physical desk - a bad habit I tell myself not to do, but still find myself doing. (chucks a few things that have been on my desk). But on a physical desk I don't have options to sort, search etc. I do on the mac. I use the desktop as place for non-critical files everytime (like a screenshot that I have to attach to an email, or to export a image without background that I am going to use on a ppt). Basically just as a temp folder. It is absolutly cluttered, but the ability to drop a temporary file there without thinking of structure or what it relates to trumps the clutter it creates. Besides, with the addition of Stacks (https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT209101 https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT209101) it makes everything more manageable.

nrjames 8y ago

Another vote for Hazel. I also use Yoink, which is sort of a drag-drop shelf for files that you're trying to move from one place to another. Drag them to the Yoink shelf, go do some other stuff, then drag them off of the Yoink shelf to their destination. For screenshots and images I'm saving on the web, I no longer even allow them to save to the desktop. I perform the screenshot (or drag from browser), drag it from the new Mojave preview widget to Yoink, then drag them to the destination. They're never saved in Downloads or on my Desktop.