Re:Ask HN: How do you organize your data and maintain digita...
by skydhash on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @10:37PM
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Dropbox with important data—not backup, just in case the computer dies on me.
Books and music synced across several computers. Not backed up as I can redownload them, but would prefer not to.
Documents synced with iCloud.
Movies and TV Shows on a small server (a Mac Mini) with a couple of external HDDs.
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My Downloads folder is my inbox, as anything created by me is already in its proper folder. I go through it at least every day and add each file to the relevant library. Every once in a while, I just delete everything in this folder. I only take photos with my iPhone, which is synced with iCloud. I mostly write notes (Bear), todo lists (Things). Anything else is tied to a project, and I have something similar to PARA for them.
Books and music synced across several computers. Not backed up as I can redownload them, but would prefer not to.
Documents synced with iCloud.
Movies and TV Shows on a small server (a Mac Mini) with a couple of external HDDs.
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My Downloads folder is my inbox, as anything created by me is already in its proper folder. I go through it at least every day and add each file to the relevant library. Every once in a while, I just delete everything in this folder. I only take photos with my iPhone, which is synced with iCloud. I mostly write notes (Bear), todo lists (Things). Anything else is tied to a project, and I have something similar to PARA for them.