How To Organize Computer Files – Mac | Step by Step Guide
How to organize computer files -mac is the follow-up to the blogpost How to organize files on a mac computers. ⬅️ Make sure you read this one first.
In this post, I will take you on my journey of how I decluttered my Mac and organized all files on it.
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If you are like and find peace and calm when things – or in this case “files” are organized on your computer, you are in the right place. I cannot create within digital mess. I empty my trash can every day and prefer a clean desktop.
Step by Step: How I Got My Mac Files Organized
Step 1: Decluttering The Downloads Folder
A bit contrary to my previous post How to organize files on a mac computers, I did not dump all my files in one place first. Instead, I started with my files in 2 places:
- the downloads folder
- the documents folder
I started with the downloads folder because it was a big big mess. I had files in these from the past 4 years.
Instead of deleting all the files I no longer wanted, I selected all the files I wanted to keep from the downloads folder and placed them into a “Downloads-Keep” folder.
That process took a good couple of hours. I orgnized the files in download folder by type: PDFs, pictures, Word Documents etc. That helped me go through all the files one by one in chunks.
In the end, I had an emty downloads folder, which felt soooo good.
Step 2: Move the Download Keep Files to Your Documents Folder
In this second step, I moved all the files from the “Downloads Keep” folder to the general Documents folder. Now I did have all my files in one place.
I continued to declutter and sort from here and started categorizing the files I now had, such that I could create folders for each category.
Step 3: Organize your Files in the Documents Folder into Subfolders
In this last step, I sorted all the files in my documents folder into subfolders.
For my work Mac, I create subfolders based on the different jobs I held within my organization, a personal folder and a general assets folder. This folder structure might look very different for you.
Within these subfolders there is still chaos. It will take a while until all documents within the 5 main folders are fully organized. However, having an empty downloads folder and clean desktop is a huge improvement already.
I will keep organizing my files on my mac – because…
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I actually have to switch my Mac to a Windows machine pretty soon. That’s why I am trying to get my digital ducks in order before the move.
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