Thank you,
Matt
On 2/5/08 1:49 PM, in article C3CE4CCD.1FADD%anonymouse@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Ian_"
<anonymouse@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Corentin Cras-Méneur wrote on 4/2/2008 9:44 pm:
>
>> Matthew Taylor <matthewlt1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> Not sure if this is the right forum,
> Well no, but anyway...
>
>>> but... Recently bought a mac,
> Welcome!
>>> and have
>>> used windows (from 3.0 to xp) for almost 20 yrs. How in tarnation do
you
>>> set up folders, like for do***ents, spreadsheets, pdf's on a mac? It
dumps
>>> everything into one folder regardless of what it is.
> Yes, as Corentin mentioned, in your own Do***ents folder (notice the
absence
> of the demeaning "My"?), create a few Smart folders for each do***ent
type.
> (Assuming OS X 10.4 Tiger, or later.)
> The originals will remain in your own Do***ents folder, but the Smart
> folders will only contain the type of files you specify, as aliases
> (shortcuts).
> You could also have a Smart folder for the last 30 days...
> (I find this helps a lot!)
>
> If you view by name, or sort by name, adding a space as the first
character,
> will keep it at the top of the list (or maybe this has this been
broken?).
>
>
> HTH, &B-) Ian
> Please reply to newsgroup!
>


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