Keeping files and folders organized on my Mac is essential to my productivity. Folder structures and naming conventions are a big help, but I also need to ways to quickly locate meeting or phone call notes from last Tuesday, or the samples a client sent me for review last October. One method I use is to add date prefixes to certain file and folder names. This provides visual clues when I’m browsing for something, and also allows me to sort more easily. While the methodology works, I don’t like having to keep typing the date over and over again. Although it only takes a few seconds, it’s repetitive, and sometimes I enter a typo. Since my time is extremely limited, those few seconds are also valuable to me. To make life easier, I’ve created an Automator Service that appends a date prefix to files and folders in the Finder. Here’s how you can do the same... [Read more on the Peachpit blog...]
Mac Productivity: Quick Scripts and Workflows – Add Date to Files and Folders
2012.04.02 By
