JonnyB
Registered: Dec 18, 2008
Posts: 34
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| | Nov 14, 2009 at 02:24 AM | Reply with quote | #1 |
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In a previous post, you mentioned the following:
Quote: I usually save all my documents, .pdfs etc to one folder. I don't bother with subfolders. On my Mac, after I've moved the file to my document folder I drag it to PB so it's added as a link. I also have a program called Hazel (Mac only) that when a file gets saved in the document folder, it calls upon another program to add a tag that's visible to spotlight. That way, all my files are easily backed up, available in PB, and also easily found by spotlight. If I want to find a file and not use PB, I use another program, Leap to sort by tag, file type, date saved etc.
Unfortunately on my work computer I don't have spotlight, but my needs are much more focused, so I can get away with moving all files into one folder and purely use PB to access them. Since everything is in one folder, I don't care about them not being included in a Brainzip because I just zip the contents of that folder, and if I need to restore, I restore both at the same time, no broken links.
I use Dropbox to sync my two machines (which is why I moved to storing everything external to PB) so if I do need a document availalbe on both I save it internally to PB.
I was using PB heavily at one time. However, it became kind of big and took more time to maintain that I wanted. I also realized that it wasn't practical between many computers and furthermore I didn't want to be locked into one system that was proprietary. So I stopped using PB and used a combination of evernote (which, yes, is proprietary but also is easily accessible between computers and on the web) and normal file structure for my documents.
However, I am reconsidering using PB as I feel the need to reconnected information in a visible way as well as having a simple structure for all my information. It seems like chaos and bloat easily becomes a problem no matter what software you use.
So here are some questions for you....
1. I love the idea of keeping all documents in one or 2 files (with links in PB) and having the ability to tag them. Is there any Windows equivalent to what you have on the Mac side (Leap, Spotlight, etc...)?
2. How do you keep down the bloat in PB? Another challenge is having a hundred thoughts come up when you type in a word in the instant search, making it difficult to find or attach the correct file quickly. How do you deal with that?
3. Are there any other tips that you picked up on the way in these past 6 months?
Thanks!
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